MIRANSHAH: A Pakistan Army soldier and a civilian were martyred, while nine others suffered injuries after a suicide bomber blew himself up on Datta Khel Road in Miranshah, the military s media affairs wing said on Thursday.
Accoridng to an Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) s news release, the incident took place on Wednesday. The martyred soldier has been named as 30-year-old Muhammad Ameer of Mianwali.
The dead and the injured people, who were shifted to the Miranshah District Headquarters Hospital on Wednesday evening, are udner treatment. The security personnel launched a search operation in the area after the attack.
The banned militant organisation — Tehreek Taliban Pakistan (TTP) — has initiated terrorist attacks on locals after ending ceasfire with the federal government. The militants are targeting elders, women and children of the tribal districts which have been merged into the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP).
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