Eight soldiers and ten extremists killed in attack on military camp in Pakistan

Tuesday, July 16, 2024

ISPR, the public relations department of the Pakistani Army, has said that on Monday, July 15, 2024, ten extremists attacked a military camp in Bannu city of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, killing eight soldiers.

According to the ISPR, "The security forces effectively foiled the attempt of these extremists to enter the camp."

ISPR said, "These terrorists rammed a vehicle loaded with explosives into a wall in the area."

ISPR said that due to this suicide blast, a part of the wall collapsed while some nearby infrastructure was also damaged. Eight soldiers have been killed in the blast.

ISPR informed that all ten extremists were killed during the operation.

On the other hand, the army says that due to the timely and effective response of the security forces, the military camp was saved from major destruction and innocent precious lives were also saved.

The Hafiz Gul Bahadur group, which was known as the 'Good Taliban', is being held responsible for the attack.

According to the army, this attack was carried out by the Hafiz Gul Bahadur group. According to the Pakistani army, this group operates from Afghanistan and earlier also this group has been using the soil of Afghanistan for extremist activities against Pakistan.

According to the ISPR, Pakistan has been making the interim government of Afghanistan aware of its concerns.

The ISPR says that the Pakistan Army will protect its land and people from the threat of terrorism at all costs and will take necessary steps against these threats from Afghanistan.

A few months ago, Pakistan had also taken action against this group across the border in Afghanistan.

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