RAWALPINDI: A Pakistan Army soldier embraced martyrdom on Monday after terrorists targeted security forces’ post in Spinwam, North Waziristan district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P), the military’s media wing said.
According to a statement issued by Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), intense firing took place after the terrorists targeted a security forces’ checkpoint.
Following the terrorists’ move, the troops had initiated a prompt response and effectively engaged the terrorists’ location, the ISPR said, adding, “”During intense exchange of fire, Sepoy Saifullah (resident of Karak) embraced shahadat,” it added.
The military’s media wing further said that an area clearance operation was being carried out to eliminate any terrorists found in the area. In a similar incident earlier this month, a soldier embraced martyrdom after terrorists targeted security forces’ post in Ghariuom, North Waziristan.
“During the exchange of fire Sepoy Muhammad Amir Iqbal, age 30 years embraced shahadat,” said a press release issued by the ISPR. The statement added that the troops responded promptly.
On October 2, four soldiers of Frontier Corps (FC) and a Levies sub-inspector embraced martyrdom while thwarting a terrorists’ targeted attack on security forces’ vehicle in Spinwam area of North Waziristan.
On September 30, a captain of the army was martyred and a commander of the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) was killed in an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in the Tank district of Dera Ismail Khan.
