{"id":28546,"date":"2024-05-08T12:19:41","date_gmt":"2024-05-08T16:19:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/pakistani-security-forces-kill-6-militants-in-twin-raids-in-volatile-northwest-near-afghanistan\/08\/05\/2024\/"},"modified":"2024-05-08T12:19:41","modified_gmt":"2024-05-08T16:19:41","slug":"pakistani-security-forces-kill-6-militants-in-twin-raids-in-volatile-northwest-near-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/pakistani-security-forces-kill-6-militants-in-twin-raids-in-volatile-northwest-near-afghanistan\/08\/05\/2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistani security forces kill 6 militants in twin raids in volatile northwest near Afghanistan"},"content":{"rendered":"

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PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) \u2014 Pakistani security forces killed six militants in twin raids Wednesday targeting their hideouts in the country’s volatile northwest region bordering Afghanistan, the military said.<\/p>\n

Five militants were killed in the first raid in Dera Ismail Khan district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the military said in a statement. It did not provide further details about the slain insurgents, and only said the men were behind various previous attacks on the security forces.<\/p>\n

Another militant was killed in the second raid in a former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban in the North Waziristan district in the northwest.<\/p>\n

The statement did not provide any further details about the identity of the slain men.<\/p>\n

Such operations often target the Pakistani Taliban, which has been emboldened by the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan in 2021. Known as the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan or TTP, it is a separate group<\/a> but a close ally of the Afghan Taliban.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani security forces killed six militants in twin raids Wednesday targeting their hideouts in the country’s volatile northwest