Roadside Bomb in Hangu Kills Six Pakistani Soldiers; Troops Kill 10 Militants
Six soldiers died in a roadside bombing in Hangu, Pakistan, while security forces killed 10 militants in raids across North Waziristan and Hangu.
A roadside bomb hit a security forces convoy in northwestern Pakistan, killing six soldiers, while troops killed 10 militants in a series of raids, the military and local police said.
The bombing took place on Thursday in Hangu, a district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
In a separate operation the same day, security forces carried out multiple intelligence-based raids on suspected hideouts in the North Waziristan and Hangu districts, killing 10 militants, the military said in a statement.
The military described the dead militants as "Khawarij," a term the government uses for members of the Pakistani Taliban, formally known as Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, or TTP. The group is separate from but allied with Afghanistan's Taliban, which returned to power in 2021.
Pakistani soldiers have been killed in earlier attacks this year. In June, three troops from the country's Rangers force were killed and four others wounded during fighting with militants.
Pakistan has frequently accused the neighboring Taliban government of ignoring cross-border militant attacks and sheltering the TTP. Officials in Kabul have repeatedly denied the allegations.