RAWALPINDI: As many as two soldiers of Pakistan Army on Monday embraced martyrdom while thwarting terrorists’ fire raid on a military post in general area of Mir Ali in North Waziristan District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, said ISPR in a statement.
According to Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR), the Pakistan Army troops initiated a prompt response and effectively engaged the terrorists’ location.
The martyred soldiers were identified as Sepoy Zahoor Khan (age 20 yrs, resident of Lower Dir) and Sepoy Rahim Gul (age 23 yrs, resident of Abbottabad) who had fought gallantly during intense exchange of fir and embraced shahadat (martyrdom). The area clearance was being carried out, it said. – ISPR