Three Security Forces (SFs) personnel were killed and another was injured in a militant attack on the Malkan SF checkpost in Razmak area of North Waziristan District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on August 2, reports The News. The dead soldiers were identified as Naik Abdul Jabbar and sepoys Asif and Nizamuddin. One soldier, Mohammad Ismail, was injured in the attack.
Separately, unidentified assailants killed a former militant commander in Akka Khel area under Bara tehsil (revenue unit) in Khyber District on August 2, reports Dawn. Police officials said that two gunmen riding a motorcycle opened fire on Noor Rehman, who was a member of a banned outfit, killing him on the spot. The assailants managed to escape from the scene after the incident leaving behind their motorcycle which was later seized by the local Police. Officials said that Noor Rehman had surrendered to SFs sometimes ago and had also undergone special treatment in a de-radicalisation centre and was only recently released.