The deputy commissioner of Lower South Waziristan in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province has claimed that Pakistani security forces responded to what he described as “unprovoked” gunfire by the Taliban.
Dawn reported on Sunday night, November 1, that Pakistani security forces had immediately and effectively targeted several Taliban checkpoints and defensive positions.
According to the report, the deputy commissioner of Lower South Waziristan claimed that Taliban fighters continued to fire without provocation at Pakistani border checkpoints.
The Pakistani official also claimed: “Following a decisive response by Pakistani forces, the Afghan Taliban were forced to abandon their positions and flee.”
This comes after Taliban fighters clashed with Pakistani security forces in the Angoor Ada border area last Tuesday.
