Pakistan accuses Afghanistan's ruling Taliban of sheltering and supporting the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), aka the Pakistani Taliban, a claimed repeatedly denied by Kabul. (File)

Pakistan-Taliban war : In a major escalation in the ongoing hostilities between the Pakistan Army and the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) terror group, which is allegedly backed by Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban, Pakistani forces claimed to have killed at least 23 TTP fighters in separate encounters in northwest Pakistan, bordering Afghanistan.

Pakistan Army kills 23 TTP fighters in Kurram

In a statement, the Pakistan Army said 12 TTP fighters were gunned down during an operation in Kurram district of the restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Thursday, while 11 militants of the banned outfit were killed

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