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India-Pakistan
Suicide bombing claims four lives in North Waziristan
2023-07-06
[Dawn] At least four security personnel and a child bit the dust in separate explosions in tribal districts of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa on Wednesday.

Three security personnel embraced martyrdom in a vehicle-borne suicide kaboom in the Miranshah
... headquarters of al-Qaeda in Pakistain and likely location of Ayman al-Zawahiri. The Haqqani network has established a ministate in centered on the town with courts, tax offices and lots of madrassas...
area of North Wazoo, the military’s media wing said in a statement.

The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said that the jacket wallah intended to target the security forces’ post, but the assailant was timely intercepted by on-duty soldiers who "prevented a major catastrophe".

It stated that 41-year-old Naib Subedar Sahib Khan, a resident of Mianwali, 40-year-old Naik Muhammad Ibrahim, a resident of Dera Ismail Khan
... the Pearl of Pashtunistan ...
, and 24-year-old Sepoy Jehangir Khan, a resident of Mardan, embraced martyrdom while three civilians were critically injured in the earth-shattering kaboom. "Security forces of Pakistain are determined to eliminate the menace of terrorism and such sacrifices of our brave soldiers further strengthen our resolve," the statement read.

Police informed that the Bomb Disposal Unit (BDU) of the security forces was clearing the route for a convoy of the security forces when the suicide bomber went kaboom! himself.

They said that a child along with nine other passengers in a van also sustained injuries in the attack, adding that the injured persons were immediately shifted to Mir Ali hospital — a child, however, later succumbed to injuries.

An attendant with one of the injured persons stated that doctors were not present at the hospital neither was any medical equipment available for treatment. They added that the injured persons were later shifted to another nearby hospital.

Meanwhile,
...back at the dirigible, the pilot and the copilot had both hit the silk.

Jack! Cynthia exclaimed. Do you know how to drive one of these things?

Jack wiped some of the blood from his knuckles.

No, he said. Do you?...

a paramilitary official embraced martyrdom and another sustained injuries when an improvised bomb (IED) went off near vehicles of the paramilitary forces in South Waziristan. Police informed that the paramilitary forces were clearing the road when the IED, planted on a roadside, went kaboom!.
Related:
Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa: 2023-07-03 Militant attacks claim 389 lives in six months
Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa: 2023-07-01 Security forces gun down six terrorists in Tank, N Waziristan: ISPR
Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa: 2023-06-29 Terrorist commander among 3 killed in Bajaur IBO: ISPR
Related:
Miranshah: 2023-06-13 One terrorist killed, two injured in North Waziristan shootout
Miranshah: 2023-06-12 Three soldiers martyred, terrorists gunned down in exchange of fire in N Waziristan
Miranshah: 2023-06-11 3 soldiers martyred in gun battle with terrorists in North Waziristan: ISPR
Related:
Wazoo: 2023-07-03 Alarm bells ring for Takhar residents over incoming TTP fighters
Wazoo: 2023-07-01 Security forces gun down six terrorists in Tank, N Waziristan: ISPR
Wazoo: 2023-06-29 Terrorist commander among 3 killed in Bajaur IBO: ISPR
Posted by:trailing wife

#1  Instead of just the one?
Posted by: ed in texas   2023-07-06 19:56  

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