They were undert­aking a routin­e search and clear operat­ion near the Pakist­an-Afghan­istan border­PESHAWAR: Three security personnel were martyred in an IED explosion in Tehsil, Ghulam Khan of North Waziristan, security officials said on Sunday. The bomb attack took place near a basic health care unit in Algad area, a senior administration official told The Express Tribune. The martyred forces have been identified as Naik Inayat Ullah Khattak, Sepoy Mohsin Ali Turi and Sepoy Sifat Ullah. They were undertaking a routine search and clear operation near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in North Waziristan. Three FC personnel were martyred and five terrorists were killed in a cross-border attack from Afghanistan on Friday on an under-construction post in Mohmand Agency the army’s media wing said in a statement.

Source: The Express Tribune December 24, 2017 07:35 UTC