Sixteen soldiers were martyred on Saturday when terrorists attacked a checkpost in Makeen in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa\u2019s South Waziristan district, the military\u2019s media wing said in a statement.<\/p>\n
After the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) broke a fragile ceasefire agreement with the government in 2022, the country witnessed a sharp uptick in the number of attacks targeting security forces and other law enforcement agencies, particularly in Balochistan and KP.<\/p>\n
According to the interior ministry, in the past 10 months, 948 out of 1,566 terrorism incidents reported occurred in KP, resulting in 583 deaths (out of a total of 924 martyrdom).<\/p>\n
The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in its statement, issued in the late hours of Saturday, that on Friday night, \u201ca group of khwarij attempted to attack a security forces checkpost in general area Makeen, South Waziristan District\u201d.<\/p>\n
According to the statement, the attack was repelled and eight terrorists were \u201csent to hell\u201d. However, 16 soldiers embraced martyrdom while responding to the assault.<\/p>\n
The statement added that a sanitisation operation was being conducted in the area and that \u201cthe perpetrators of the heinous act will be brought to justice\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cSecurity forces of Pakistan are determined to eliminate the menace of terrorism and such sacrifices of our brave men further strengthen our resolve,\u201d said the ISPR.<\/p>\n
Soldier martyred as infiltration attempt thwarted in Khyber
\nOne soldier was martyred while four terrorists were killed as security forces engaged a group of terrorists trying to infiltrate through the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa\u2019s Khyber district, the ISPR said in a separate statement issued earlier.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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