Terrorists kill two Pakistani soldiers in Balochistan

Two military personnel, including one major, were killed by unknown assailants who ambushed a “combat patrol of the security forces” in Hoshab district of Balochistan province, the Pakistan Army Press Office (ISPR) stated.

It was reported that the Pakistan Army conducted an intelligence-led operation in this district to detain the militants. In the process of the area being blocked, a group of militants ambushed one of the combat patrols.

While establishment of blocking positions to cut the escape routes was underway, a group of terrorists tried to ambush closing in patrol and opened fire at security forces.

As a result of heavy exchange of fire, Major Saqib Hussain and Naik Baqir Ali were killed while another soldier got injured.

Also, on July 3, security forces carried out a similar operation, eliminating three terrorists in the Dera Ismail Khan district of the neighboring province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Earlier, a terrorist attack was carried out targeting one of the border points in Balochistan, as a result, three policemen and one border guard were killed.