Pakistani military special forces killed 26 Pakistani Taliban militants during an operation to liberate anti-terrorism police personnel who were held hostage 3 days ago.
More than 26 members of the Pakistani Taliban detained a number of policemen in a prison belonging to the Anti-Terrorism Department last Sunday, after they managed to evade their jailers and take control of the center, and the kidnappers were killed during an hour-long operation, according to the Pakistani authorities.
And the German news agency quoted unnamed Pakistani sources as saying that at least 8 hostages were freed, and some of them were injured during the operation, and 5 soldiers and 3 members of the special forces were injured during the operation.
At least 4 explosions were heard when the Special Forces stormed the building, after a heavy exchange of fire, according to the sources.
The science came after negotiations with the movement's leaders to end the hostage-taking situation failed to make progress.
The dead bodies of the movement were taken to a nearby hospital in Bannu, where the detention took place near the border with Afghanistan, where the prison building is located.
The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the detention of the security personnel and called on the authorities to secure safe passage to the border areas, and held the army responsible for "the entire situation."
It is noteworthy that the movement appeared in 2007 and carried out several armed attacks in Pakistan, which led to the launch of a military campaign against it in 2014. A truce that lasted for months with Islamabad ended last month.
In 2012 and 2013, dozens of heavily armed Pakistani Taliban released more than 600 prisoners during two nightly attacks on a prison in the town of Bannu.