The roadside IED exploded close to one of the vehicles, destroying it completely and killing three personnel on the spot. PHOTO: FILE
A statement issued by the ISPR said security forces in the late hours of June 6 launched an operation, which continued till Saturday in which scores of militants were killed and injured. During the operation, an official was also killed while five others suffered injuries. They were shifted to hospitals.
According to the ISPR, after the clearance of Muhammadi Top in Kurram and Haider Kandao in Tirah Valley‚ security forces made significant advances on the nights of June 6, 7 and 8, and cleared main areas of Maidan in the valley.
The forces took full control of the heights on the central Derastani Ridge that overlooks the entire Maidan and Kuki Khel Valley and also flushed militants out from the heights of Darwazgai Kandao.
Three security personnel killed in N Waziristan
Three security personnel were killed on Sunday while three others were injured in two separate improvised explosive device (IED) blasts in North Waziristan Agency.
According to a security official, the first incident occurred around 8am near a security convoy heading to Bannu from Razmak subdivision. The roadside IED exploded close to one of the vehicles, destroying it completely and killing three personnel on the spot. Two others were severely injured in the blast as well, the official added.
Security forces launched a search operation for suspected militants immediately following the incident. However, no one was arrested due to the curfew in the agency. The political administration of the agency had imposed curfew in the early hours of Sunday in light of the movement of security forces. The curfew was relaxed in the evening.
Just an hour after the first incident, an IED planted on the Mirali-Miramshah road exploded, severely injuring an official of the bomb disposal squad who had been clearing the route for a security forces convoy, the official told The Express Tribune.
He added that the injured were airlifted to the Combined Military Hospital Bannu along with the bodies of the deceased.
Published in The Express Tribune, June 10th, 2013.
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Now army is doing the work of drones . Keep it up and clear the area from terrorists . Any one having illesgal arms is liable to be eleminated .