One FC soldier martyred, two injured in North Waziristan terror attack
According to ISPR, two terrorist also killed in retaliatory fire
The martyred soldier has been identified as Lance Naik Muhammad Imran. PHOTO: ISPR
A soldier of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Frontier Corps embraced martyrdom while two others suffered injuries in an exchange of fire with terrorists in North Waziristan near Pak-Afghan border, the military's media wing said on Sunday.
According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), in retaliatory fire to the terror attack on a FC check-post two terrorists were killed.
The martyred soldier has been identified as Lance Naik Muhammad Imran.
"Terrorist fire raided [a] FC post in North Wazirstan Distt near Pak-Afg Border. During exchange of fire 2 terrorists killed. Lance Naik Muhammad Imran of FC KP embraced shahadat [martyrdom] while 2 FC soldiers got injured," said Director General ISPR Major General Asif Ghafoor in a tweet.
The area is one the seven tribal districts in erstwhile Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) – Bajaur, Khyber, Kurram, Mohmand, North Waziristan, Orakzai and South Waziristan – before its merger with K-P.
North Waziristan – once a focal point in the global war on terror – held provincial elections for the first time in July this year, a key step in bringing the region into the political mainstream after years of turmoil fuelled by terrorism.
According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), in retaliatory fire to the terror attack on a FC check-post two terrorists were killed.
The martyred soldier has been identified as Lance Naik Muhammad Imran.
"Terrorist fire raided [a] FC post in North Wazirstan Distt near Pak-Afg Border. During exchange of fire 2 terrorists killed. Lance Naik Muhammad Imran of FC KP embraced shahadat [martyrdom] while 2 FC soldiers got injured," said Director General ISPR Major General Asif Ghafoor in a tweet.
The area is one the seven tribal districts in erstwhile Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) – Bajaur, Khyber, Kurram, Mohmand, North Waziristan, Orakzai and South Waziristan – before its merger with K-P.
North Waziristan – once a focal point in the global war on terror – held provincial elections for the first time in July this year, a key step in bringing the region into the political mainstream after years of turmoil fuelled by terrorism.