Pakistan says troops killed 20 militants in a region bordering Afghanistan

Pakistani information forces person killed 20 Pakistani Taliban insurgents successful raids connected hideouts successful the northwest portion bordering Afghanistan

ISLAMABAD -- Pakistani information forces killed 20 Pakistani Taliban insurgents successful raids connected hideouts successful the northwest portion bordering Afghanistan, the subject said Monday, arsenic tensions betwixt the 2 countries escalated.

Pakistan and Afghanistan blamed each different for the collapse of a 3rd circular of bid talks successful Istanbul implicit the weekend. The negotiations, facilitated by Qatar and Turkey, began past period pursuing deadly borderline clashes that killed dozens of soldiers and civilians connected some sides.

Pakistan's subject described the slain militants arsenic “Khwarij,” a word the authorities uses for the outlawed Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, oregon TTP, which is designated arsenic a violent enactment by some the United States and the United Nations.

The radical is abstracted from but allied with the Afghan Taliban and has been emboldened since the Afghan Taliban’s instrumentality to powerfulness successful 2021. Many TTP leaders and fighters are believed to person taken refuge successful Afghanistan since then. TTP often claims attacks successful Pakistan, which has seen a surge successful militant attacks successful caller years.

According to the subject statement, 8 militants were killed Sunday successful North Waziristan, a erstwhile TTP stronghold successful Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, and 12 others were killed successful a abstracted raid successful the Dara Adam Khel district, besides successful the northwest.

Pakistan often accuses Kabul of turning a unsighted oculus to cross-border attacks by Pakistani militants. Afghanistan's Taliban authorities denies the allegation.

Tensions betwixt the 2 countries escalated aft Afghanistan blamed Pakistan for Oct. 9 drone strikes successful Kabul and vowed retaliation. The ensuing warring killed dozens of people, including soldiers, civilians and militants, earlier Qatar brokered a ceasefire connected Oct. 19, which remains successful place.

It was followed for 2 rounds of talks successful Istanbul, with the latest dialog held connected Thursday. But the talks ended without statement aft Kabul refused to supply a written assurance that the TTP and different militant groups would not beryllium allowed to usage its territory against Pakistan.

On Monday, Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi said Kabul remains committed to preventing its territory from being utilized against immoderate country. However, helium blamed Pakistan for the stalemate, saying its delegation made “completely unacceptable demands.”

His comments followed a connection Sunday by Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which besides said it remains committed dialog but its halfway interest regarding “terrorism emanating from Afghanistan needs to beryllium addressed archetypal and foremost.”

In 2022, Kabul had brokered a little ceasefire betwixt TTP and Pakistan, but TTP aboriginal ended it portion accusing Pakistan of violating it. Since then, Pakistan has said determination volition beryllium nary talks with TTP and demanded Kabul manus implicit TTP members to Pakistan if it cannot rein them in.

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