Pakistan: Five Pakistani Soldiers Killed in Terrorist attack in Waziristan

New Delhi: Terrorist attack in Pakistan’s Waziristan on Saturday killed five Pakistani soldiers. Terrorists attacked Army vehicles, Pakistani media reported.

Pakistan’s media affairs wing Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said that “Four Frontier Corps personnel and an Inspector of the Levies force were killed in the attack.”

Earlier on September 30, a Pakistan Army captain was killed during an intelligence-based operation in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s (KP) Tank district. There has been an uptick in attacks on Pakistani forces in recent months.

The incident took place in North Waziristan’s Spin Wam area. A search operation has been launched by the officials and the area was cordoned off.

Attacks on security forces have increased in some areas of North and South Waziristan tribal districts since the Taliban intensified offensive against the government forces across the border in Afghanistan.

A few days back – The baloch people attacked Pakistan soldiers and some of them died in the incident.

(_Vinayak Barot)