**Peshawar:** At least 19 militants of the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) group were killed in a clash with the Pakistan military in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Orakzai district on Wednesday, October 8. The area borders Afghanistan.
Meanwhile, 11 Pakistani soldiers also lost their lives during the intelligence-based operation against terrorists belonging to “Fitna al-Khawarij.” According to a statement by the military’s media wing, among the deceased soldiers were a Lieutenant Colonel and a Major.
The names of the fallen soldiers have been disclosed as follows: Lieutenant Colonel Junaid Arif, Major Tayyab Rahat, Naib Subedar Azam Gul, Havildar Adil Hussain, Naik Gul Ameer, Lance Naik Talish Faraz, Lance Naik Sher Khan, Lance Naik Irshad Hussain, Sepoy Tufail, Sepoy Muhammad Zahid, and Sepoy Aqib Ali.
A sanitisation operation is currently underway to eliminate any remaining terrorists in the area, the military statement added.
In a related development, some reports claimed that 11 Pakistan security personnel were killed in an ambush by the TTP in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Kurram district on the same day. According to these reports, a convoy of paramilitary soldiers was first targeted by bombs, followed by intense gunfire from a large number of terrorists.
The TTP, in a statement to Reuters, confirmed that their fighters attacked the convoy.
Over the past few years, Pakistan has experienced a surge in militant attacks, particularly in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, after the banned TTP called off its ceasefire with the government in November 2022.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was the worst-hit region in the country during the third quarter of 2025. According to the latest statistics issued by the Centre for Research and Security Studies (CRSS) and reported by PTI, the region suffered nearly 71 percent (638) of the total violence-linked fatalities and over 67 percent (221) of the incidents of violence nationwide.
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