Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has established a check-post on the Balasoor Top, reports The News.

According to the news outlet, the militants have established a check-post on the Balasoor Top in Matta tehsil, the hometown of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Mahmood Khan, while also roaming in other areas of the district.

Local residents of the area have said that the number of Taliban militants was increasing in the mountainous areas of Matta tehsil with each passing day, which had created panic and fear among the inhabitants.

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Meanwhile, during Geo News programme ‘Aaj Shahzeb Khanzada Kay Sath’, it was revealed that at least 200-250 TTP militants are in the area and have stated that they are in Pakistan based on a peace agreement.