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(NSFW) Thermal Riflescope Used In Attack Against Pakistan Army Outpost
Published 2 years ago
A segment from a video release by Tehreek-i-Taliban (TTP), also known as the Pakistan Taliban, shows a nighttime assault against a Pakistan military outpost in Pakistan's Waziristan tribal region along the Afghan border.
The effectiveness of the thermal optic is apparent as the sniper is able to neutralize three guards within seconds, giving the maneuver element the ability to safely approach the outpost and begin throwing hand grenades. The assault element can be seen pillaging a Pakistani military light machine gun from a fighting position as the video ends.
The TTP's intent is to overthrow the Pakistan government and replace it with a theocracy based on Sharia Law. For years they have had limited success as US and Pakistan military operations kept them isolated and under-equipped in the Waziristan border tribal regions of Pakistan.
Since the ouster of the US military by the Afghan Taliban, the TTP have been able to operate out of cross-border safe havens in Afghanistan. Additionally, the plethora of abandoned equipment by US and Afghan forces has allowed the TTP to arm themselves with advanced weaponry, like the thermal optics seen in the video.
While the Afghan Taliban continue to fight against the Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP), the TTP is somewhat affiliated with both, as many of the ISKP members are former TTP and the ideology of the TTP closely mirrors that of the Afghan Taliban.
