The assault occurred lower than 24 hours after one other assault, additionally in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, in keeping with an intelligence official, who spoke on situation of anonymity.
Monday’s conflict lasted hours and left eight troopers and 9 militants lifeless within the space of Tirah province, the official stated.
The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), also called the Pakistan Taliban, later claimed duty for the assault, saying it occurred in response to a search by safety forces focusing on one in every of its fighters.
Seven law enforcement officials have been taken hostage close to the explosion on the Bannu checkpoint on Monday, however have been launched lower than a day later.
Their launch got here after negotiations between a jirga – or tribal council – and the abductors.
“All the kidnapped policemen have been launched after profitable negotiations carried out by native elders with the militants,” Muhammad Zia ud-Din, a senior police official, informed AFP.
He declined to supply additional particulars.
The TTP is separate from the Hafiz Gul Bahadur group, however each have been energetic in supporting the Afghan Taliban of their battle in opposition to the US-led NATO coalition since 2001.
The Afghan Taliban regained energy in Kabul in 2021, and Pakistan’s border areas have since seen a resurgence in violence.
The TTP claimed duty for an assault in late October that left ten law enforcement officials lifeless at a checkpoint in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
In southwestern Pakistan, seven troopers have been killed at a border put up on Saturday by separatist fighters from the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) group.
The incident got here every week after an assault by the identical group killed 26 folks, together with 14 troopers, at a prepare station within the provincial capital Quetta.
