TWO SOLDIERS MARTYRED, THREE TERRORISTS KILLED IN MILITARY CONVOY ATTACK: ISPR

RAWALPINDI: Two soldiers were martyred and three terrorists were killed after a military convoy was attacked by terrorists in Hassan Khel area of Peshawar district quoted ISPR Tuesday.

According to Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), terrorists fired on a military convoy in the general area of Hassan Khel,The troops initiated a prompt response and effectively engaged the attackers, killing three terrorists.The troops also recovered weapons and ammunition from the killed terrorists. The killed terrorists remained actively involved in terrorist activities against the security forces, according to ISPR.

During an intense exchange of fire, four terrorists were killed by the security forces. Weapons and ammunition were also recovered from the killed terrorists.The killed terrorists remained actively involved in target killing, kidnapping and extortion in the area, ISPR said in a statement. On September 30, a Pakistan Army soldier embraced martyrdom in a cross border attack from Afghanistan. IN Kurram district. Terrorists from inside Afghanistan opened fire on Pakistani troops in the general area of Kharlachi in Kurram district of the KP province, said the military’s media wing.

The Pakistani troops responded in a befitting manner with terrorists suffering heavy casualties, the military’s media wing said. It, however, said that during the exchange of fire, Sepoy Jamshed Iqbal, aged 27 years and a resident of Chiniot, fought gallantly and embraced martyrdom.

The ISPR said that Pakistan strongly condemns the use of Afghan soil by terrorists for activities against Pakistan and expects that the interim Afghan government will not allow such activities in the future.