ISLAMABAD: Pakistan summoned Afghanistan’s deputy head of mission on Friday and demanded “decisive action” against banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants after four Pakistani soldiers were killed in an attack on a military camp in the country’s northwest, the foreign office said.
According to the military’s media wing, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the attack took place in North Waziristan district bordering Afghanistan when militants attempted to breach the camp’s perimeter but were repelled by troops, before ramming an explosives-laden vehicle into the outer wall.
The blast caused the wall to collapse and damaged nearby civilian infrastructure, including a mosque, it added.
ISPR said all four attackers were engaged by troops and killed, but four soldiers also lost their lives in the exchange, while 15 local residents, including women and children, were injured.
Officials in Islamabad have repeatedly accused Afghanistan of sheltering and facilitating TTP militants, who Pakistan says are backed by India, and whom it refers to as “khwarij,” a term from early Islamic history used to describe an extremist sect that rebelled against authority. Officials in Kabul and New Delhi deny the allegations.
