Two soldiers were martyred when terrorists attacked a military post in the Datta Khel town of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa&#
8217;s North Waziristan d
istrict, the military&#
8217;s media affairs wing said on Saturday.
According to a
statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), 27-year-old Naik Rehman, a resident of Chitral, and 22-year-old Lance Naik Arif, a resident of Tank, embraced martyrdom during an “intense exchange of fire” with the terrorists.
The ISPR said a search was being carried out in the area to “eliminate any terrorists found” there.
Earlier this week, two sec
urity personnel were martyred in a similar incident in Balochistan&#
8217;s Makran area.
According to the ISPR, a group of externally sponsored terrorists had opened fire on a check post of sec
urity for
ces in the Tump area of Makran on Wednesday. Sec
urity forces had responded with all available weapons, as a result of which the terrorists had suffered heavy losses, the
statement added.
During the engagement, however, Sepoy Naseeb Ullah, a resident of Kharan, and Sepoy Insha Allah, a resident of Lakki Marwat, sacrificed their lives while fighting valiantly, the ISPR said. On Monday, another sec
urity man was martyred in a clash with a gang of terrorists in Balochistan&#
8217;s Panjgur area, near the border with Iran.
An ISPR spokesperson had said that a group of terrorists had attacked a patrolling party of sec
urity for
ces in the area and Sepoy Jalil Khan, a resident of Dera Ismail Khan, was martyred in the exchange of fire with the terrorists.
