PESHAWAR: At least two personnel of security forces were killed and threeothers injured in a rocket attack on a checkpost in the Noorak area ofNorth Waziristan on the night between Tuesday and Wednesday.
The officials in Miranshah confirmed the attack but did not disclosefurther details. The deceased personnel include Naib Sobedar FaisalMuhammad and Naik Naeem— the injured have been identified as MuhammadIdrees, Muhammad Iqbal and Azhar Ali.
The injured were rushed to the nearby Combined Military Hospital (CMH) atBannu. Security forces cordoned off the areas soon after the attack on thecheckposts.
Meanwhile, a tribal elder was injured in a roadside Improvised ExplosiveDevise (IED) explosion at the Bajaur Agency of the tribal belt onWednesday morning.
Earlier this year, at least one soldier was martyred and two others injuredin an improvised explosive device (IED) attack against security forces inthe Saroobi area of North Waziristan located near the Miranshah headquarter.
Political administration officials said that the security forces were onroutine patrol in Saroobi when the IED exploded, claiming the life ofone soldier and leaving two others injured.
Frequent violent acts, mostly attacks against personnel of security forcesand convoys have occurred in different parts of North Waziristan, in thelast several weeks.
Security forces are engaged in a military action Zarb-i-Azab in the area,against militants since June 15, 2014, last. However, under the infamousFrontier Crimes Regulations (FCR) clauses, the security forces allegedlydetain local tribesmen over suspected involvement in these blasts, which isleading to unrest amongst the affected tribesmen.
Protest rallies have been conducted by tribesmen against such acts atPeshawar, Bannu and Dera Ismael Khan recently.