According to sources, the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has claimed responsibility for seven attacks on security forces and police in four districts of Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa between October 17 and 19.
No official confirmation of the claims has emerged.
In statements issued by the group, the TTP said it attacked a security post in Mezi Adda, Qila Abdullah, on October 18, alleging that three personnel, including an officer, were killed or wounded.
In North Waziristan, the group claimed an attack on a military convoy in the Epi area of Mir Ali on October 18 and on security positions in Hassu Khel on October 19, without giving confirmed casualty figures.
In South Waziristan, it claimed to have damaged a military truck near Shakai on October 17 and attacked a military vehicle near the Katori Sar post on October 18.
The group said it targeted a military installation in Umar Khan Kallay and the Gomal police station in Tank district on October 18.
Sources noted that all of the claims come from the TTP's own statements, that independent verification is pending, and that no official confirmation of the reported casualties was available.