By PTI
ISLAMABAD: Heavily-armed militants attacked a Pakistan Air Force training base in Punjab province early Saturday, damaging three grounded aircraft, the army said.
In a statement, the Pakistan Army said that the Mianwali Training Air Base of Pakistan Air Force was attacked by terrorists but soldiers foiled it by killing three of the attackers and cornering three others.
“However, during the attack, some damage to three already grounded aircraft and a fuel bowser also occurred,” the statement said.
It said that three terrorists were “neutralised while entering the base while the remaining three terrorists have been cornered/isolated due to timely and effective response by the troops”.
It further added that a comprehensive joint clearance and combing operation is in the final stages to completely clear the area.
“Pakistan Armed Forces remain committed to eliminating the menace of terrorism from the country at all costs,” the army said.
The attack comes hours after a series of terror strikes that killed at least 17 soldiers in Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
November 3 attack on Pakistan security convoy kills 14: Military
An attack on a security convoy in southern Pakistan killed 14 troops on Friday, the military said.
Two vehicles carrying military personnel were “ambushed by terrorists”, a statement said, adding that 14 soldiers were killed.
Images seen by AFP from sources showed burned bodies strewn across the road.
The attack happened near the Balochistan fishing town of Pasni on a highway that follows the coastline from the Iranian border to the megacity of Karachi.
Balochistan is home to a decades-long insurgency by ethnic Baloch guerrillas fighting the government over accusations of exploiting the province’s rich gas and mineral resources.
Baloch people have long complained they do not get a fair share of the province’s profits, giving rise to several separatist groups.
A bomb blast earlier in the day targeting a police van in northwestern Pakistan killed five civilians and wounded 21 people, officials said.
The attack happened in Dera Ismail Khan, a city in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province near the Afghan border where militancy has spiked in recent months. Follow channel on WhatsApp
ISLAMABAD: Heavily-armed militants attacked a Pakistan Air Force training base in Punjab province early Saturday, damaging three grounded aircraft, the army said.
In a statement, the Pakistan Army said that the Mianwali Training Air Base of Pakistan Air Force was attacked by terrorists but soldiers foiled it by killing three of the attackers and cornering three others.
“However, during the attack, some damage to three already grounded aircraft and a fuel bowser also occurred,” the statement said.googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); });
It said that three terrorists were “neutralised while entering the base while the remaining three terrorists have been cornered/isolated due to timely and effective response by the troops”.
It further added that a comprehensive joint clearance and combing operation is in the final stages to completely clear the area.
“Pakistan Armed Forces remain committed to eliminating the menace of terrorism from the country at all costs,” the army said.
The attack comes hours after a series of terror strikes that killed at least 17 soldiers in Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
November 3 attack on Pakistan security convoy kills 14: Military
An attack on a security convoy in southern Pakistan killed 14 troops on Friday, the military said.
Two vehicles carrying military personnel were “ambushed by terrorists”, a statement said, adding that 14 soldiers were killed.
Images seen by AFP from sources showed burned bodies strewn across the road.
The attack happened near the Balochistan fishing town of Pasni on a highway that follows the coastline from the Iranian border to the megacity of Karachi.
Balochistan is home to a decades-long insurgency by ethnic Baloch guerrillas fighting the government over accusations of exploiting the province’s rich gas and mineral resources.
Baloch people have long complained they do not get a fair share of the province’s profits, giving rise to several separatist groups.
A bomb blast earlier in the day targeting a police van in northwestern Pakistan killed five civilians and wounded 21 people, officials said.
The attack happened in Dera Ismail Khan, a city in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province near the Afghan border where militancy has spiked in recent months. Follow channel on WhatsApp
