PESHAWAR: At least 12 soldiers were killed in an ambush by the Pakistani Taliban in northwest Pakistan on Saturday, local government and security officials told AFP. Militancy has surged again in the border regions with Afghanistan since the return to power of the Afghan Taliban in Kabul in 2021. A military convoy was passing through a town in South Waziristan district at around 4:00 am when “armed men opened fire from both sides with heavy weapons,” killing 12 security personnel and wounding four, a local government official said.

PESHAWAR: At least 12 soldiers were killed in an ambush by the Pakistani Taliban in northwest Pakistan on Saturday, local government and security officials told AFP. Militancy has…

Military confirms deadly operations in Bajaur and South Waziristan amid rising attacks by the Pakistan Taliban.

PESHAWAR, Pakistan; Twelve soldiers were killed in northwest Pakistan on Saturday in an ambush by Islamist militants on an army convoy, officials said. The soldiers were moving in…

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