PESHAWAR: A Levy soldier was martyred in a terrorist attack on a joint police and Dir Levies checkpoint in Dir Lower on Tuesday.
According to police sources, the terrorists targeted a check post of police and Dir Levies in Takaro Manda area of the district, as a result a soldier of Dir Levies was martyred and the Chief Constable of Police was injured. Security forces said that a terrorist was also killed in clash with terrorists. The body of the martyred officer and the injured personnel were shifted to District Hospital Temargarh. The Security forces have cordoned off the area and a search operation is underway.
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On 14 January, an army soldier martyred in Bannu after terrorists attacked a check point in the Jani Khel area of Bannu district. The Inter-Service Public Relations (ISPR) said that the terrorists attacked an army post at Jani Khel as a result a 26-year-old soldier called Sarfraz Ali was martyred. The ISPR said that soldier martyred in Bannu belongs to Punjab’s Vehari district. The attack was launched against the military post on January 14.
On the other hand, two ‘terrorists’ were arrested and one was killed during a security operation in Miranshah area of North Waziristan tribal district. According to ISPR, the ‘terrorists’ were hiding in a house. The ISPR said that weapons were also recovered from their possession.
The Deputy Inspector General (DIG )of Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) Javed Iqbal Wazir, while briefing the media about the police performance in 2021, said that during 2021, 48 policemen were martyred while 44 injured in attacks and operations against terrorists. He informed that 599 high profile terrorists were apprehended and 110 were killed in police operations.