This footage, provided by the Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP) shows one of their snipers engaging a Pakistani soldier. One is confirmed down, and the sniper takes shots at another soldier who comes to help, although the footage ends before he gets any other kills. Viewer discretion is advised.

The TTP group is a sort of coalition of pro-Taliban militias in Pakistan, who strive to remove the current Pakistani administration and install their own interpretation of Islamic law as the basis of a new government. In layman's terms, they're the Pakistani Taliban, and not to be confused with the Baloch separatists.

Here is another video of the TTP in action, this time in a vehicle ambush (Link NSFW). Objectively speaking, these guys know what they're doing and it shows. Taliban-style rule being what it is, the ultimate goal of the TTP is to be cruel and oppressive to a lot of people. So it feels distasteful to give them credit, even though it's due.

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