{"id":86001,"date":"2025-09-16T10:45:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T05:45:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=86001"},"modified":"2025-09-16T10:45:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T05:45:13","slug":"ied-blast-claims-lives-of-captain-four-soldiers-in-balochistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/featured\/ied-blast-claims-lives-of-captain-four-soldiers-in-balochistan\/","title":{"rendered":"IED blast claims lives of captain, four soldiers in Balochistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>RAWALPINDI: Five braveheart soldiers, including Captain Waqar Kakar, embraced martyrdom in an improvised explosive device (IED) attack in Balochistan\u2019s Kech district, according to a statement from Inter Services Public Relations (<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/7-pak-army-soldiers-martyred-in-lower-dir-military-operation-ispr\/\">ISPR<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>The security forces later eliminated five militants in a clearance operation.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ads_between_content\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1523347432315-11\" class=\"story_ads\">The IED attack hit the troops during an intelligence-based sanitisation operation in Sher Bandi, Kech.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cAs a result, five brave sons of the soil embraced martyrdom, including a captain,\u201d the statement said.<\/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. Security forces, in step with the nation, remain steadfast to eradicate terrorism from the country.\u201d The Statement reads.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, Security forces have eliminated at least 31 Indian backed Fitna al Khwarij in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, according to the Inter-Services Public Relations (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispr.gov.pk\/press-release-archive?cat=army\">ISPR<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0operations\u00a0were carried out on September 13 and 14 in the Bannu and Lakki Marwat districts of KP.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAn intelligence-based operation was conducted by the security forces in Lakki Marwat District on the reported presence of khwarij.<\/p>\n<p>During the conduct of the operation, own troops effectively engaged the khwarij location, and after an intense fire exchange, 14 Indian sponsored khwarij were killed,\u201d the ISPR said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnother intelligence-based operation was conducted in Bannu District, and in ensuing fire exchange, 17 more Khwarij were neutralized by the security forces,\u201d the statement reads.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RAWALPINDI: Five braveheart soldiers, including Captain Waqar Kakar, embraced martyrdom in an improvised explosive device (IED) attack in Balochistan\u2019s Kech district, according to a statement from Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR). The security forces later eliminated five militants in a clearance operation. The IED attack hit the troops during an intelligence-based sanitisation operation in Sher [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":86002,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13446,2],"tags":[31202],"class_list":["post-86001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-pakistan","tag-ied-blast-in-balochistan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86001"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86001\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86003,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86001\/revisions\/86003"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}