Summary More than 60 militants have been killed in the infighting which began in the first week of April.
SHAWAL (Web Desk) - At least ten more Taliban insurgents were killed and several others were injured in the ongoing bloody infighting between the two Taliban groups in North Waziristan Agency.
The TTP infighting took place between the Shehryar Mehsud-led Hakimullah group and Waliur Rahman faction led by Khan Said alias Sajna.
According to reports, two groups of the outlawed Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) clashed in Wacha Mela area of Shawal here on Thursday. Reports said that ten insurgents were killed and several others injured in the clash.
Fighters from the two sides are using heavy weapons against each other. The frightened tribesmen have shut themselves up in their houses as the area is reverberating with gunfire and rocket explosions.
Sources said that local tribal elders have swung into action to broker a ceasefire between the two factions. However, they also came under fire multiple times.
The fighting first started in the first week of April in South Waziristan and within no time spread to North Waziristan and Tank district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. Several fighters from both sides were killed before leaders from the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan brokered a ceasefire between them.
The cessation of hostilities, however, didn’t last long. Around a week ago, senior commander of Waliur Rahman group, Amir Hamza, along with six colleagues was killed in a roadside blast which was blamed on the Hakimullah group.
