World News | TTP Releases Video Claiming to Capture Pakistani Check Post Near Afghanistan Border

Peshawar, Dec 31 (PTI) The Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan has published a purported video of capturing a Pakistani check post near the Afghanistan border.

The TTP sources claimed to have captured the check post in the tribal district of Bajaur in northwest Pakistan on Monday.

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A senior Pakistan security official explained that the post had been vacated as part of a “thinning” process and was abandoned some time back, where the troops were shifted to a newer fortified structure.

The process was not just limited to Bajaur but to North and South Waziristan districts as well.

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