PESHAWAR: At least one soldier was martyred and two others injured in animprovised explosive device (IED) attack against security forces, in theSaroobi area of North Waziristan located near the Miranshah headquarter, onThursday morning.
Officials in political administration informed that the security forceswere on a routine patrol in Saroobi when the IED bomb exploded, claimingthe life of one constable on the spot, leaving two others injured.
The injured were shifted to the Agency Headquarter hospital Miranshahimmediately.
The martyred soldier was identified as Aman Ullah whereas the injured wereidentified as Lance Naik Fazal Abbass and Jawan Nafees.
Soon after the bomb attack, security forces cordoned off the area and begana search operation. No further details are available.
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.