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IED blast kills security force personnel in Pakistan's South Waziristan

News Agencies | Updated on: 30 October 2017, 15:03 IST
(ANI)

A Frontier Corps personnel was killed and another was injured in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast in Sarokai district of Pakistan's South Waziristan region on 30 October.

The Dawn quoted a political administration official in the area, as saying that the soldiers were on routine patrol when a hidden IED exploded near the Gurguray checkpost in Sarokai.

Security forces have cordoned off the area after blast.

The Pakistan Army is battling militants linked to the Taliban and Al-Qaeda in South Waziristan for more than a decade.

-ANI

First published: 30 October 2017, 15:03 IST