QUETTA: Two officers of the Frontier Corps, Balochistan, embraced martyrdom and three soldiers sustained injuries

in an explosion near a vehicle of the troops taking part in an operation against miscreants in the Kahan area of Kohlu district, on Friday, officials said.

On the basis of credible intelligence, a sanitisation operation was initiated on Feb 10 in the Kohlu area to deny terrorists any liberty of action, according to an Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) statement.

During the action, an improvised explosive device (IED) exploded close to the leading party, resultantly, two officers Major Jawad and Captain Sagheer embraced Shahadat and laid their lives in defence of the motherland.

It said that the sanitisation operation continues in the area to apprehend perpetrators and enemies of peace.

“Such cowardly acts by inimical elements cannot sabotage the hard earned peace and prosperity in Balochistan,” the ISPR stated, adding that security forces were determined to neutralize the nefarious designs even at the cost of their blood and lives.

The soldiers who sustained injuries were identified as Naik Barkatullah, sepoys Zafar and Hidayatullah.

Balochistan Chief Minister Mir Abdul Quddus Bizenjo and Home Minister Mir Ziaullah Langove condemned the IED blast on the security forces during the search operation in Kohlu and said the brave sons of the country sacrificed their lives for the protection of the motherland.

Published in Dawn, February 11th, 2023