N Waziristan operation: 6 soldiers killed, 3 injured

At least 27 more suspected militants were killed in airstrikes on Monday in the North Waziristan Agency, taking the total toll to 167 since Sunday evening when operation Zarb-e-Azb was launched. Six soldiers were also killed in the Agency when a roadside bomb hit a convoy. The operation was launched against foreign and local terrorists hiding in sanctuaries in North Waziristan, a week after a brazen insurgent attack on the country's busiest airport in Karachi.

Six soldiers killed ISPR said Monday that six soldiers have been killed and three injured due to an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) explosion between the Afghan border and Ghulam Khan Tehsil in North Wazirsstan Agency They added that a security forces convoy was targeted on Bane Dar road in Ghulam kgan Tehsil on the Pak-Afghan border. Forces cordoned off the area and launched a search operation.

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