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Six Pakistani soldiers killed in militant attack, police and security sources say
The Pakistan Taliban claimed the attack amid ongoing cross-border tensions and a fragile ceasefire, killing six soldiers and injuring four, officials said.
- On Dec 9, militants stormed a security checkpoint in Kurram district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province near the Afghan border, killing six soldiers, police and security sources said.
- Pakistan and Afghanistan have struggled to sustain a fragile truce amid border skirmishes in recent weeks, while three rounds of peace talks hosted by Qatar, Turkiye and Saudi Arabia have failed.
- Overnight between Monday night and Tuesday morning, an unnamed armed group stormed the post, triggering heavy fire that killed three police, injured four security personnel, and killed two militants.
- The attack threatens to extend recent skirmishes that killed dozens, with Islamabad accusing Afghan Taliban authorities of sheltering militants while Kabul denies the charges.
- The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan has waged an insurgency for nearly 20 years, with October hostilities killing about 70 people as Pakistan accelerates Afghan refugee expulsions amid a ceasefire mediated by Qatar, Turkiye and Saudi Arabia.
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The Pakistani Taliban killed six Pakistani soldiers in an attack on a checkpoint in the Afghanistan border area.
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