Islamabad: As many as 12 Pakistani soldiers have been killed in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in various attacks conducted by the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) outfit since September 10, the country's media reported on Saturday.
Confirming the deaths of soldiers, Pakistan military's Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said that they were killed during an intense fire exchange in KP's South Waziristan district in two separate engagements from September 10 to 13.
Citing the state-run Radio Pakistan, the local media mentioned that the country's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday vowed to continue responding to terrorism with "full force" after the attacks which continued on Saturday.
"Radio Pakistan reported that PM Shehbaz and Chief of Army Staff Field Marshal Asim Munir later visited Bannu and attended a high-level meeting on counter-terrorism. It added that they also participated in the funeral prayers of the South Waziristan operation martyrs," Pakistan's leading daily Dawn reported.