By Ghulam Mursalin Marwat | Umer Farooq in Dawn, April 29th, 2023PESHAWAR/LAKKI MARWAT: The Pakistan Army confirmed on Friday that militants targeted security forces in three overnight attacks in the Lakki Marwat district, triggering shoot-outs in which three soldiers were martyred and seven militants were killed. In the first attack, a suicide bomber on a motorcycle blew himself up near a security forces camp, located in the Government Postgraduate College, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR)…
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Report in The News, April 27, 2023RAWALPINDI: Two soldiers of the Pakistan Army were martyred and two terrorists were killed in an exchange of fire in the Khyber district Tuesday. According to the ISPR, a fire exchange took place between the troops and terrorists in the general area of Tirah, Khyber District, on Tuesday. Troops effectively engaged the terrorists’ location. Consequently, two terrorists were killed and four terrorists were injured. Weapons and ammunition were also…
by Ibrahim Shinwari in Dawn, April 9th, 2023KHYBER: Two soldiers lost their lives and four others were injured when their vehicle was targeted by an improvised explosive device (IED) in Bara tehsil of Khyber tribal district on Saturday, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a statement. Local sources said the security forces’ vehicle was passing through Miangano Kalay Khearr (dry stream) in the Malakdin Khel locality in the afternoon when it was hit by…
by Dilawar Wazir in Dawn, December 30th, 2022PESHAWAR / SOUTH WAZIRISTAN: Three Pakistan Army soldiers were martyred in the Arawali area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Kurram district on Thursday in a gunfight with militants, the military’s media wing said in a statement. Separately, two people were killed in South Waziristan district when security forces opened fire at a car when its driver failed to stop at a checkpoint. The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) identified the martyred…