NORTH WAZIRISTAN: Two soldiers were martyred when terrorists attacked a military post in Datta Khel area of North Waziristan tribal district on Saturday, said the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) in a statement.

It said that intense exchange of fire took place between the security forces and the attackers in which two soldiers were martyred. They have been identified as Naik Rehman, 27, resident of Chitral, and Lance Naik Arif, 22, resident of Tank.

Meanwhile, unknown gunmen snatched weapons from two police constables in the Spinwam area of the district on Monday.

Officials said that the constables were escorting a vaccination team in the area when the unidentified men held the policemen at gun point and snatched weapons from them. They escaped the area after the incident.

The security forces launched a search operation in the area after the two incidents.

Last week, unidentified assailants blew up residential quarters of teachers on the premises of a government girls’ school in Hamzoni Alikhel area near Miramshah, headquarters of North Waziristan tribal district.

The assailants planted explosives at the residential quarters located inside the boundary wall of the government girls’ middle school, Mohammad Sher Kot, in Hamzoni area. The explosives went off during the night of Nov 20 and blew the teachers’ living quarters.

Published in Dawn, November 28th, 2021