<p>Islamabad: Six Pakistani Soliders and 22 militants were killed in armed clashes in a northwestern region near the Afghan border on Saturday, the army said, as Islamist fighters increase their attacks on security forces in the area.</p><p>The firefights took place in three districts after soldiers conducted intelligence-based operations in Waziristan and its adjoining regions, the army statement said.</p><p>The Pakistan Taliban, known as Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), said its fighters had killed the soldiers by storming a security checkpoint. It did not say how many militants had died in the clashes.</p>.Pakistan witnessed 61 terror attacks in November.<p>The TTP has accelerated its attacks in recent months, mostly targeting members of the security forces.</p><p>An umbrella group of various Sunni Islamist militant groups, the TTP has long been fighting in a bid to overthrow the government and replace it with a strict Islamic-led system of governance.</p><p>It is separate from the Afghan Taliban movement, but pledges loyalty to the Islamist group that now rules Afghanistan after the withdrawal of U.S.-led international forces from the country in 2021. </p>
<p>Islamabad: Six Pakistani Soliders and 22 militants were killed in armed clashes in a northwestern region near the Afghan border on Saturday, the army said, as Islamist fighters increase their attacks on security forces in the area.</p><p>The firefights took place in three districts after soldiers conducted intelligence-based operations in Waziristan and its adjoining regions, the army statement said.</p><p>The Pakistan Taliban, known as Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), said its fighters had killed the soldiers by storming a security checkpoint. It did not say how many militants had died in the clashes.</p>.Pakistan witnessed 61 terror attacks in November.<p>The TTP has accelerated its attacks in recent months, mostly targeting members of the security forces.</p><p>An umbrella group of various Sunni Islamist militant groups, the TTP has long been fighting in a bid to overthrow the government and replace it with a strict Islamic-led system of governance.</p><p>It is separate from the Afghan Taliban movement, but pledges loyalty to the Islamist group that now rules Afghanistan after the withdrawal of U.S.-led international forces from the country in 2021. </p>