BAJAUR AGENCY - At least three soldiers of Frontier Corps were killed when an improvised explosive device exploded in Bajaur Agency on Thursday.
Three paramilitary soldiers were killed when they stepped on an IED planted on a road side in Damadola area of Bajaur Agency.
Abdul Haseeb Khan, senior agency official, confirmed the incident.
He said the Frontier Corps (FC) soldiers were returning back to their camp after a routine patrol when they walked over the explosive device.
Nobody has claimed responsibility for the attack so far but the TTP factions who regularly target the security forces are mostly behind such attacks.
27 MILITANTS KILLED IN AIRSTRIKES, OPERATION
AFP adds: Security forces killed 27 suspected militants in airstrikes and a ground operation Thursday in the restive northwest hours after a roadside bomb killed three soldiers. Air strikes Thursday killed 17 militants in troubled Khyber tribal district, where the Taliban and other militants have taken refuge.
“Seventeen terrorists were killed in effective air strikes this evening. Killed terrorists include one of the top Uzbek terrorist commanders Islam ud Din,” the military said in a statement. In an earlier ground action in Bajaur, security forces killed 10 militants.
“In a ground action by security forces at Malak Shaga Nullah near Warwandu Mella and Hossai Nullah 10 terrorists were killed, two were seriously injured while 6-8 managed to escape,” a senior security official told AFP. He said two security personnel were wounded and others were chasing the fleeing militants.