15 hrs on, Pakistani Taliban continues to carry officers hostage in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Several Pakistani Taliban militants, who have been detained at a counter-terrorism middle in Bannu, overpowered their guards and took a number of safety officers and employees as hostages.

New Delhi,UPDATED: Dec 19, 2022 18:01 IST

Security officers stand guard on a blocked highway resulting in a counter-terrorism middle the place a number of Pakistani Taliban detainees have taken cops and others hostage. (AP photograph)

By India Today Web Desk: Several Pakistani Taliban militants who have been detained at a counter-terrorism centre in north-western Pakistan in a single day overpowered their guards and seized management of the power. The militants additionally took a number of folks hostage, with the disaster persevering with 15 hours in a while Monday.

So far there was no breakthrough within the hostage negotiation because the talks between the federal government and the militants failed to succeed in any conclusion.

Negotiations between the militants, who took safety personnel hostage inside CTD #Bannu compound, and safety officers are nonetheless underway however no headway but, confirms KP govt spokesperson Barrister Saif.

The authorities will not fulfill any calls for of the militants, he says.
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WHAT HAPPENED?

The militants have been detained at a counter-terrorism middle in Bannu, a district within the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, once they overpowered their guards, snatched their weapons, and took management of the power on Sunday.

Pakistan has thus far confirmed the demise of 1 official throughout the incident.

Following the takeover of the detention middle by the Taliban militants, the Pakistan authorities deployed police and army troops to get the state of affairs beneath management. According to officers, not less than 30 Taliban fighters have been concerned within the takeover and there have been presumably as many as 10 hostages.

WHAT ARE MILITANTS DEMANDING?

The Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has claimed accountability for the incident. In an announcement, a spokesperson for the militant group stated that its members had taken employees and safety officers of the detention centre as hostage. Initially, the hostage-takers demanded to be airlifted to Afghanistan however the Pakistan Taliban spokesperson stated that demand had been made by mistake, for the reason that TTP fighters weren’t conscious — attributable to their extended detention — that the group now “enjoys control in some” components of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, close to the Afghan border.

The TTP spokesperson claimed that they spoke to Pakistan authorities and demanded that the prisoners must be shifted to both South or North Waziristan. He stated that thus far the militants haven’t acquired a optimistic response thus far.

In a video message circulating on social media, the hostage-takers threatened to kill the officers if their secure passage was not organized.

NO BREAKTHROUGH IN HOSTAGE NEGOTIATION

Almost 15 hours in, the disaster is but to be resolved because the standoff between the Pakistan authorities and the TTP militants continued.

(With inputs from AP)

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Dec 19, 2022