{"id":19246,"date":"2025-09-15T21:04:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T21:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=19246"},"modified":"2025-09-15T21:04:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T21:04:11","slug":"captain-among-five-soldiers-martyred-in-balochistan-ied-attack-ispr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=19246","title":{"rendered":"Captain among five soldiers martyred in Balochistan IED attack: ISPR"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Five soldiers, including a captain, were martyred when an improvised explosive device (IED) struck security forces during a sanitisation operation in Kech district of Balochistan, the military&#8217;s media wing said late Monday.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the IED detonated on September 15 as troops moved to conduct the operation in Sher Bandi, Kech. \u201cAs a result, five brave sons of the soil embraced martyrdom, including a captain,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>In a follow-up action, security forces killed five terrorists linked to the group &#8216;Fitna Al Hindustan&#8217;, described by the military as \u201can Indian proxy.\u201d Sanitisation operations in the surrounding area were continuing to clear any remaining militants.<\/p>\n<p>Those martyred included Captain Waqar Ahmed, 25, from Loralai; Naik Asmat Ullah, 35, from Dera Ghazi Khan; Lance Naik Junaid Ahmed, 29, from Sukkur; Lance Naik Khan Muhammad, 29, from Mardan; and Sepoy Muhammad Zahoor, 28, from Swabi.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe martyrdom of our brave officers and soldiers further strengthens our resolve,\u201d the ISPR said, adding that Pakistan\u2019s security forces \u201cin step with the nation remain steadfast to eradicate terrorism from the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read More: 45 terrorists killed, 19 soldiers martyred in K-P IBOs<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, thirty-one terrorists linked to the Indian-sponsored Fitna al Khwarij network were killed in two separate intelligence-based operations conducted by security forces in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) on September 13 and 14.<\/p>\n<p>According to ISPR, the first operation took place in Lakki Marwat District following reports of militant presence. \u201cOur troops effectively engaged the Khwarij location, and after an intense exchange of fire, fourteen Indian-sponsored militants were neutralized,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>In a separate operation in Bannu District, seventeen more militants were killed during a firefight with security forces.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSanitisation operations are ongoing to eliminate any remaining Indian-sponsored Khwarij in the area,\u201d it added, emphasising that Pakistan\u2019s forces are determined to \u201cwipe out the menace of Indian-sponsored terrorism from the country.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Five soldiers, including a captain, were martyred when an improvised explosive device (IED) struck security forces during a sanitisation operation in Kech district of Balochistan, the military&#8217;s media wing said late Monday. According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the IED detonated on September 15 as troops moved to conduct the operation in Sher Bandi, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19246","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19246"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19246\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}