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RAWALPINDI: Three Pakistan Army soldiers embraced martyrdom and four were injured after a roadside improvised explosive device (IED) planted by terrorists in North Waziristan’s Ghariom sector went off, the military’s media wing said Thursday.
According to Inter-Services Public Relations, the soldiers were providing protection to construction teams working in the area.
The martyred soldiers were identified as Lieutenant Nasir Hussain Khalid, 23, from Muzaffarabad, 33-year-old Naik Muhammad Imran from Faisalabad, and 30-year-old Sepoy Usman Akhtar from Rawalpindi.
Security forces cordoned off the area and a search operation was being carried out for area clearance, the statement added.
