PESHAWAR: Two security personnel were martyred and another two injured when a vehicle of the Frontier Works Organisation (FWO) came under a rocket attack in North Waziristan tribal district on Saturday.

The attack occurred in the Gurbaz area of Ghulam Khan tehsil near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border.

According to sources, the FWO vehicle was returning to its camp when the rocket fired from an unknown place hit it.

As a result, two security men were martyred and two others were injured. No more details were immediately available.

Published in Dawn, November 18th, 2018

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