An army soldier was killed in a terrorist attack on a security checkpost in North Waziristan Agency’s Miranshah tehsil, as at least 15 suspected terrorists were killed in military airstrikes carried out in eight locations in the Shawal area of North Waziristan Agency early on Sunday, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a statement.
According to details, terrorists attacked a checkpost in the Banda area of Miranshah, killing a soldier. The attackers fled after security forces retaliated, however it is not known yet whether any of the terrorists were killed in the encounter.
The ISPR had earlier reported on Saturday that security forces had successfully cleared two important militant strongholds in Boya and Degan villages, which were known bases of local and foreign terrorists. The announcement came the same day Peshawar Corps Commander Lt Gen Khalid Rabbani visited Mirali and the two villages.
Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif had also claimed on Saturday that the security forces had destroyed the terrorists’ command and control system in North Waziristan.
“There is no place for terrorism in a democratic country,” he had said.
