Two soldiers martyred as convoy comes under attack in North Waziristan

ISPR says three terrorists were also killed; weapons and ammunition were seized too

Two soldiers of the Pakistan Army embraced martyrdom when their convoy came under attack by terrorists in Hassan Khel area of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province’s North Waziristan district, the military’s media wing said on Tuesday.

According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), “Own troops initiated a prompt response, effectively engaged and killed three terrorists. Weapons and ammunition were also recovered from the terrorists.”

The terrorists remained actively involved in terror activities against security forces, the ISPR added.

During the intense exchange of fire, according to the military, Lance Naik Muhammad Pannah of Pakistan Army (age 30 years, resident of Jaffarabad district) and Sepoy Shamas Ullah of Frontier Constabulary (age 36 years, resident of South Waziristan District), having fought gallantly, embraced Shahadat.

Sanitisation of the area is being carried out to eliminate any other terrorists found in the area.

On September 29, a soldier of the Pakistan Army also embraced martyrdom during a terrorist attack from inside Afghanistan across the international border, the military said.

According to the ISPR, the terrorists opened fire on Pakistani troops in the general area of Kharlachi in Kurram district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P).

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Moreover, two soldiers were martyred in an improvised explosive device (IED) explosion in the General Area Esham of the North Waziristan district in the last week of September.

The ISPR, the media wing of the military, said that the IED exploded, in which Naib Subedar Javed Iqbal (42), a resident of Attock, and Naik Hussain Ahmed (38), a resident of Okara, embraced Shahadat.

On September 19, the terrorists from inside Afghanistan opened fire on the Pakistani troops in the general area Dwatoi, which was responded in a befitting manner.