FC soldier martyred in Balochistan IED blast

Sanitisation operation is in progress to apprehend the perpetrators of attack, says ISPR

A soldier of Frontier Corps (FC) embraced martyrdom when terrorists targeted a water bowser through a pressurised improvised explosive device (IED) on M-8 motorway near Hoshab in Balochistan, according to a statement issued by Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR).

The military's media wing said that Sepoy Kifait Ullah was a resident of Sibi. "A sanitisation operation is in progress to apprehend the perpetrators of the attack," it added.

The ISPR further said that “such cowardly acts by inimical elements, backed by Hostile Intelligence Agencies (HIAs) cannot sabotage the hard-earned peace and prosperity in Balochistan”.

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"Security forces are determined to neutralise their nefarious designs even at the cost of blood and lives," it maintained.

Earlier this month, a Pakistan Army soldier was martyred in an IED explosion near a military checkpost in Kaniguram area of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s South Waziristan district.

“Lance Naik Waqas Ahmed, a 26-year-old Karachi resident, embraced shahadat (martyrdom) in the incident,” military’s media wing said in a statement.

Last month, an officer, identified as Captain Faheem, and two soldiers – Sepoy Shafi and Sepoy Naseem – embraced martyrdom during an exchange of fire with the terrorists in North Waziristan's Dosalli area while security forces were conducting an intelligence-based operation (IBO).

In April, security forces killed a terrorist belonging to Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan’s (TTP) Shehryar Mehsud group during an IBO in the Ladha area of South Waziristan, according to the ISPR.