Two soldiers embrace martyrdom in IED blast in Khyber district: ISPR

Rawalpindi: Two soldiers embraced martyrdom after an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) hit their vehicle in the general area of Bara, Khyber District, the Inter-Services Public Relations said on Saturday.

The military’s media wing said that Naib Subedar Hazrat Gul (aged 37, from Lower Dir) and Sepoy Nazir Ullah Mehsud (aged 34, from South Waziristan) were martyred in the incident.

ضلع خیبر ، باڑہ سکیورٹی فورسز کی گاڑی بارودی سرنگ سے ٹکرا گئی 2نوجوان شہید#GNN #GNN_Updates #BreakingNews #NewsUpdates pic.twitter.com/9UoQ36QFoY

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The ISPR said that the area is being sanitized to eradicate any terrorist present there.

It said that Pakistan's security forces were committed to eliminating the threat of terrorism and that the sacrifices made by the soldiers strengthen their resolve to do so.