IED

IED event in Balochistan, Iskalku, Kalat District area, Pakistan on Tue 2nd July 2024

2nd July 2024

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A Security Forces (SFs) personnel was killed and four other personnel sustained injuries in an improvised explosive device (IED) explosion near the SF vehicle carrying personnel to the Iskalku area of Kalat District in Balochistan on July 2, reports Dawn. The vehicle was hit while en route to Iskalku, where militants had attacked two Frontier Corps posts a few days earlier. The posts were set up to guard the oil and gas exploration site of a petroleum company. The dead soldier was identified as Naik Shafqat while injured include Naik Shah Nawaz, Sepoy Bashir Ahmed, Sepoy Owais Ahmed and Sepoy Mohammad Afzal.

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Balochistan ( Iskalku, Kalat District area )

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