Summary The troops were conducting search operation in the Angur Adda area.
RAWALPINDI (Dunya News / AP) - Two soldiers embraced martyrdom during a search operation in the South Waziristan tribal region near the border with Afghanistan.
The troops were conducting search operation in the Angur Adda area close to the border late on Sunday night, when the landmine went off, killing two soldiers Sepoy Atta ur Rehman and Sepoy Imran Ali.
Earlier on Sunday, two terrorists were killed and two of their facilitators detained by FC Balochistan during special intelligence–based operations (IBOs) in Kahan and Dera Bugti Chattar areas.
According to an ISPR statement, four terrorist camps were also destroyed in the operations conducted under the Operation Radd-ul-Fasaad.
The statement says that FC Balochistan (South) foiled a terrorist activity in IBO in Turbat.
Pakistan has carried out several military operations against militants in South Waziristan and elsewhere in recent years. The army says it’s now clearing up remaining pockets in areas once used by militants as sanctuaries.
Last week, President Donald Trump demanded that Pakistan shut down safe havens for the Afghan Taliban. Pakistan says it has no safe havens for the Taliban. The demand came during Trump’s speech announcing a new strategy for Afghanistan and South Asia.
