Pakistani media have announced that six military personnel of the country, including two officers, were killed in an armed clash with individuals whom the army calls “terrorists.”

The newspaper “Dawn” reported on Monday, September 21 , that this clash took place on Sunday in the Hangu area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

According to the Pakistani army’s statement, in this incident, two officers, three soldiers, and one civilian employee of the country’s security forces lost their lives.

The Pakistani army has also claimed that during this clash, 8 individuals described as “terrorists” were also killed.

Pakistani authorities have identified these individuals as members of Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and said that the Pakistani government calls this group “Fitna al-Khawarij.”