New Delhi: Amidst its widespread enmity with India, the Pakistan Army came under a sensational attack in South Waziristan, resulting in 20 security personnel. Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the attack.Two more Pakistani soldiers were killed in a conflict with Baloch rebels.Sources said that the TTP attack took place on the Pakistan Military Dongate Outpost in South Waziristan’s South Waziristan’s South Waziristan on Thursday night. The TTP claimed that it was a multi-step operation, initially six soldiers were killed using laser-aided rifles, after which a military convoy sent to support the grieved outpost was ambushed. According to the group, 20 security personnel were killed and five were injured. The TTP accused the Pakistan Army of coordination with Jai-e-Mohammed’s Bahawalpur Markz, which was targeted in an Indian airstrike, killing 14, including 10 family members of Jem chief Masood Azhar’s 10 family members. TTP spokesman MD Khorasani expressed grief over the incident, criticizing the Pakistan Army as “traitors and pro-western” groups, which provided leading information for the attack.Khorasani described the Pakistan Army as a “professional killer group”, which served foreign interests at the cost of its own people. He accused the Pakistan Army of “handing over Mujahideen to Kafirs”, which is a reference to the murder of Osama bin Laden in Abobabad.On Friday evening, Baloch Freedom fighters launched coordinated attacks in various regions of Balochistan, targeting Pakistani forces and infrastructure. There were attacks at several places including Turbut, where a grenade attack targeted Pakistani forces in the de Baloch region, and Quetta, where two grenade attacks hit the posts of Pakistani Army in thousands of ganji and Faizabad areas. The Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) took new attacks two days after targeting the Pakistani military vehicle in Bolon. An IED explosion killed at least eight soldiers, including a special operation commander. Six were seriously injured. A week ago, 10 Pakistan Army personnel were killed in the IED attack by the BLA in Quetta.Pakistan is under increasing pressure as TTP and BLA has intensified its attacks. As tension on the Indian border increases, Pakistan finds itself growing rapidly on three fronts. While TTP has launched the ‘Operation Khandak’ against Pakistani forces, BLA is using snipers, remote controlled explosions and ambuses for army personnel.
