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Five soldiers martyred in South Waziristan attack
[Dawn] Five soldiers were martyred and another was injured when gunnies attacked a security check-post in the Sara Rogha area of South  Wazoo tribal district late Thursday night.Police said that the martyred soldiers belonged to 223 Wing of Frontier Corps ...a provincial paramilitary force. Total manpower is about 80,000. They are tasked to help local law enforcement in the maintenance of law and order, and to carry out border patrol and a..the Antwerp-based Salafist organization that had campaigned to introduce Sharia law to Belgium before single-handedly making Belgium the highest per capita supplier of jihadis to Syria in Europe. There was a big trial in Antwerp in 2015, but most of those convicted were in absentia...nti-smuggling operations.... , a paramilitary force which has been fighting snuffies in the tribal districts. Officials said that gunnies used light and heavy weapons in the attack. The martyred soldiers were identified as Naib Subaidar Shahid Anwar, Naik Ahmad Khan, Lance Naik Shehryar and Sepoys Ayub and Shahzad and the injured as Shahid Afzal. No group has accepted responsibility for the attack yet. A resident of Sara Rogha, Iqbal Mehsud, told Dawn that heavy firing started late night and continued for a long time. The local people came out of their houses after hearing gun shots. Later, police and paramilitary forces conducted a house-to-house search operation in the area to arrest perpetrators of the attack. Sara Rogha was cleared of gunnies after security forces conducted Operation Rah-e-Nijat in 2009. However, those who apply themselves too closely to little things often become incapable of great things... recently attacks have taken place on security forces in the areas of Ahmadzai Wazir and Mehsud tribes of South Waziristan district. Two soldiers were martyred and five others injured when an improvised bomb hit their vehicle and went kaboom!near Wana, the administrative headquarters of South Waziristan, on Sunday night. Officials said that snuffies had also suffered heavy casualties in festivities with the security forces, which had resulted in the killing of 60 terrorists, including 10 key leaders. Following an attack on security forces, the district administration imposed curfew in Wana and its adjacent areas on Wednesday. Residents said that the administration lifted curfew on Friday after negotiations with the local elders. Earlier local people staged a demonstration near Wana to protest against curfew. Related: Sara Rogha: 2014-04-30 Militant hideouts pounded in South Waziristan Sara Rogha: 2012-12-14 Mehsuds say can't spend life as IDPs anymore Sara Rogha: 2010-01-04 Militants killed during operation in Waziristan: ISPR Related: Sara Rogha: 2014-04-30 Militant hideouts pounded in South Waziristan Sara Rogha: 2012-12-14 Mehsuds say can't spend life as IDPs anymore Sara Rogha: 2010-01-04 Militants killed during operation in Waziristan: ISPR Related: South Waziristan: 2021-02-18 Security Forces Gun Down 3 Terrorists in an Encounter in North Waziristan: ISPR South Waziristan: 2021-02-13 Four soldiers martyred in S Waziristan terror attack South Waziristan: 2020-09-16 TTP commander Ehsan Mehsud killed in exchange of fire with security forces Posted by: trailing wife 2021-02-21 |
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