Two soldiers martyred in North Waziristan IED attack

ISPR says Subedar Aziz and Lance Naik Mushtaq were martyred while two other soldiers sustained injuries

Two Pakistan Army soldiers embraced martyrdom when their patrolling vehicle was targeted through an improvised explosive device (IED) in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s North Waziristan district, according to a statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) on Wednesday.

The military's media wing said that Subedar Aziz and Lance Naik Mushtaq were martyred while two other soldiers sustained injuries during the attack in South East of Miranshah.

Last month, seven paramilitary troops were martyred in two separate terrorist attacks in Balochistan.



“Six soldiers – including a junior commissioned officer (JCO) – were martyred when the FC patrolling team’s reconnaissance vehicle was struck by an IED when it was returning to a base camp in Pir Ghaib, Mach in Balochistan,” the ISPR said in a statement.

“Another soldier was martyred during an exchange of fire with militants in the Mand area of Kech district,” the military’s media wing added.



In April, security forces killed two terrorists during an exchange of fire in North Waziristan district.

During the exchange of fire with the terrorists at their hideout in Dargai, some eight kilometres north-west of Dattakhel, a soldier also embraced martyrdom