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KABUL: Pakistani security forces engaged in a firefight with terrorists in North Waziristan tribal district near Afghanistan border after militants attacked a security checkpoint triggering a shootout that left three soldiers and three militants dead, Pakistan army said Sunday.
Four militants were also wounded in the overnight shootout in Miran Shah tribal area of North Waziristan district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
The Pakistani army carried out search operations to track down those responsible for the attack. They also seized a cache of ammunition found with the dead militants.
Pakistan claims it has cleared North Waziristan of militants. But occasional attacks and shootouts happen in the tribal belt, raising concerns that the Pakistani Taliban are regrouping.
Though a separate group, the TTP remains a close ally of the Afghan Taliban, who seized power in Afghanistan in mid-August 2021, during the last weeks of the withdrawal of U.S. and NATO forces from the country after two decades of war.
The takeover emboldened the TTP. They unilaterally ended a cease-fire agreement with the Pakistani government last November and have since stepped up their attacks in the country, particularly against the army.
