Two days after 17 TTP militants were killed in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in a northwestern district, nine security personnel were killed in an IED blast in South Waziristan district.

According to sources, an attack was carried out on Pakistani security forces in South Waziristan district. Multiple soldiers were also injured in the attack, the sources said. This happened in the Mula Khan Sara area of South Waziristan, they added.

The sources told News18 that the IED attack was on a convoy of security forces vehicles. An exchange of fire continues between forces and militants, though there is no information on which group is involved.

On September 27, Pakistan security forces killed 17 militants linked to the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in a joint operation in northw

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