At least 10 Security Force (SF) personnel were killed when their convoy came under terrorist attack in Tiarza area of South Waziristan District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) on August 22, reports The Khorasan Dairy. The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed the responsibility of the attack.
Six soldiers and four terrorists were killed while two other terrorists got injuries in an exchange of fire in Asman Manza area of South Waziristan District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on August 22, reports Dawn. The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a statement that on 22 August 2023, [a] fire exchange took place between own troops and terrorists in general area Asman Manza, South Waziristan District. Four terrorists were sent to hell, while two terrorists were injured. Six brave soldiers having fought gallantly, embraced martyrdom after an intense exchange of fire. Sanitisation of the area is being carried out to eliminate any other terrorists found in the area”.
Former Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Member of Provincial Assembly (MPA) and Law Advisor, Arif Yousaf, on August 22 lodged a complaint for First Information Report (FIR) at Gulberg Police Station of Peshawar, the provincial capital of KP over getting threatening calls for extortion allegedly from the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), reports The Khorasan Dairy.