Islamabad, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- The Pakistani military said on the 12th that from the late night of the 11th to the early morning of the 12th, the Pakistani security forces killed 27 soldiers, 2 soldiers died in the clean-up operation, and another 23 soldiers died in terrorist attacks.
Pakistan's Inter-Services Information Bureau issued a statement on the same day, saying that according to intelligence clues, the military carried out anti-terrorist clearance operations at two locations in the Dera Ismail Khan area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province in the northwest of the country, killing a total of 21 *** and destroying their hiding places, and seizing a large amount of ** ammunition. Two soldiers died during the operation.
The statement said that several others carried out a suicide car bomb attack on a security forces post in the district's Draben Township in the early hours of the 12th, resulting in the collapse of the post building and the death of 23 soldiers. In the counterattack operation, the six Pakistani military officers are continuing to carry out clearance operations on the ground.
An extremist group called the Pakistan Jihadist Movement claimed responsibility for the attack on a security force post. The Pakistani military statement did not confirm this.
Pakistan's caretaker Prime Minister Kakar issued a statement on the same day strongly condemning the terrorist attack on the security forces post. (ENDS).