Terror attack on army post: Lt Col, Captain, five soldiers martyred in Mir Ali

RAWALPINDI: Two officers and five soldiers of Pakistan Army were martyred while repulsing an attack of terrorists on a post of security forces in North Waziristan district on Saturday.

During the conduct of ensuing clearance operation, the troops, led by Lieutenant Colonel Kashif, effectively engaged and killed all the six terrorists, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) in a statement said.

During an intense exchange of fire, leading his troops from the front, Lieutenant Colonel Syed Kashif Ali (age: 39 years, resident of Karachi) and Captain Muhammad Ahmed Badar (age: 23 years, resident of District Talagang), having fought gallantly, paid the ultimate sacrifice and embraced martyrdom.

In early hours of Saturday, a group of six terrorists attacked a security forces’ post in general area Mir Ali of North Waziristan District.

Troops foiled the initial attempt of intrusion while the terrorists rammed an explosive laden vehicle into the post, followed by multiple suicide bombing attacks which led to collapse of portion of the building, resulting in the martyrdom of five brave sons of the soil.

The Shuhada include Havildar Sabir (resident of District Khyber), Naik Khurshid (resident of District Lakki Marwat), Sepoy Nasir (resident of District Peshawar), Sepoy Raja (resident of District Kohat) and Sepoy Sajjad (resident of District Abbottabad).

Officer Commanding Major General Anjum Riaz and a large number of military and civil officials attended the martyrs funeral. They would be buried in their native towns.

Sensitization operation is being conducted to eliminate any other terrorist present in the area, as security forces of Pakistan are determined to wipe out the menace of terrorism from the country and such sacrifices of the brave soldiers further strengthen the nation’s resolve, the ISPR statement said.

Meanwhile, President Zardari, PM Shehbaz Sharif, NA Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Minister for Information and Broadcasting Attaullah Tarar and Minister for Interior Mohsin Naqvi strongly condemned the terrorist attack on security forces’ post in North Waziristan.

President Zardari reaffirmed unflinching national resolve to extirpate the menace of terrorism from the country.