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Major Syed Moeez Abbas Shah, a Pakistani army officer who once claimed to have played a key role in capturing Indian Air Force pilot Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman in 2019, has been killed in a deadly encounter with Pakistani Taliban militants near Sararogha in South Waziristan, close to the Afghanistan border. According to a statement by Pakistan\u2019s Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the clash also resulted in the deaths of 11 militants and injuries to seven others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Major Syed Moeez Abbas Shah was laid to rest with full military honors in his hometown Chakwal in Punjab province. The funeral prayers were held at the Chaklala Garrison in Rawalpindi and were attended by Pakistan\u2019s Chief of Army Staff, General Asim Munir, as reported by the Times of India<\/em>. Shah\u2019s death comes amid escalating tensions between Pakistan’s military and militant groups along the Afghan border.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The officer gained national attention in Pakistan in 2019 following the capture of IAF pilot Abhinandan Varthaman, whose MiG-21 was shot down during a dogfight after India\u2019s Balakot airstrikes. Shah had reportedly spoken to Geo TV about the incident, a clip that has since resurfaced on social media in light of his death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Wing Commander Abhinandan was captured by Pakistani forces after ejecting from his aircraft, which was hit while flying over Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. He was returned to India three days later amid intense international pressure on Islamabad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), the group responsible for the ambush, was formed in 2007 and comprises various extremist factions. Known for its links to al-Qaeda, the TTP has carried out numerous attacks against the Pakistani military and seeks to enforce a stricter form of Islamic law in the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Major Syed Moeez Abbas Shah, a Pakistani army officer who once claimed to have played a key role in capturing Indian Air Force pilot Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman in 2019, has been killed in a deadly encounter with Pakistani Taliban militants near Sararogha in South Waziristan, close to the Afghanistan border. According to a statement…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4623,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international"],"yoast_head":"\n