SOUTH WAZIRISTAN: 5 soldiers were martyred and an additional was wounded when terrorists attacked a protection check-post in the Sara Rogha location of South Waziristan tribal area late Thursday evening.
Police stated that the martyred soldiers came from 223 Wing of Frontier Corps, a paramilitary pressure which has been combating militants in the tribal districts. Officials said that terrorists utilized light as well as hefty weapons in the assault.
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The martyred soldiers were identified as Naib Subaidar Shahid Anwar, Naik Ahmad Khan, Lance Naik Shehryar as well as Sepoys Ayub as well as Shahzad and also the harmed as Shahid Afzal.
No team has actually accepted duty for the strike yet. A homeowner of Sara Rogha
, Iqbal Mehsud, informed Dawn that hefty firing began late evening and also continued for a very long time. The regional people appeared of their houses after hearing weapon shots.
Later, authorities and also paramilitary pressures conducted a house-to-house search operation in the area to jail criminals of the attack.
Sara Rogha was free from terrorists after security forces carried out Procedure Rah-i-Nijat in 2009.
Nonetheless, just recently assaults have actually taken place on security forces in the locations of Ahmadzai Wazir as well as Mehsud people of South Waziristan district. Two soldiers were martyred and also five others harmed when an improvised explosive gadget hit their automobile as well as took off near Wana, the administrative head office of South Waziristan, on Sunday evening.
Officials stated that militants had actually likewise endured heavy casualties in clashes with the security forces, which had caused the killing of 60 terrorists, including 10 key leaders.
Complying with an assault on security forces, the district management enforced time limit in Wana and its nearby locations on Wednesday.
Locals said that the administration lifted time limit on Friday after settlements with the local senior citizens. Earlier local people staged a presentation near Wana to protest against time limit.
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