A suicide bomber rammed a vehicle laden with explosives into a joint check post in Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, killing 12 security personnel. Giving this information on Wednesday, the Army said that in the encounter that followed, six terrorists were killed.
Militants tried to attack a joint check post in Malikhel area of ​​Bannu district late on Tuesday night, but security forces effectively foiled their attempt to enter the post, the army’s media wing Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) said. Did it.
The ISPR said the suicide blast caused a portion of the wall to collapse and damage to surrounding infrastructure, resulting in the death of 12 security personnel, including 10 security forces and two Frontier Constabulary personnel.
The army said that in the subsequent firing, six terrorists were also killed. The injured have been admitted to the local hospital. This has happened at a time when the country’s civilian and military leadership on Tuesday approved a “comprehensive military operation” against terrorist organizations in Balochistan. Security forces and law enforcement agencies said they are determined to eliminate the menace of terrorism. The entire country, especially in Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces, has seen a sharp increase in terrorism-related incidents in the last year.
