ISLAMABAD, 08 September 2021, (TON): The military's media affairs wing said “two Pakistan Army soldiers were martyred in an improvised explosive device (IED) attack in North Waziristan.”
In a statement, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said that security forces were conducting a clearance operation in the district's Dosalli area when the IED exploded. As a result, 25-year-old Sepoy Zia Akram and 20-year-old Sepoy Musawwar Khan were martyred.
Akram hailed from Muzaffarabad while Khan was a resident of Bajaur, according to the ISPR.
The statement said that Pakistan Army troops immediately cordoned off the area to apprehend the terrorists who had planted the IED.
It added “during intense exchange of fire, one of the terrorists, who were trying to flee, was killed.”
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