A soldier of the Frontier Corps Balochistan was martyred Monday during an attack launched by militants on M-8 near Shapak, District Hoshab, said Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR).

According to the military's media wing, Sepoy Kifait Ullah, a resident of Sibi, embraced martyrdom when militants attacked a water bowser through a pressurized IED.

On Friday, five Frontier Corps soldiers were martyred in an attack by terrorists in Sibi, Balochistan. The terrorists targeted an FC patrol party in the Sangan area of District Sibi.

During an exchange of fire, heavy losses were inflicted on the terrorists in men and materials, the ISPR statement had said.

The ISPR said, "such cowardly acts by inimical elements, backed by hostile intelligence agencies, cannot sabotage the hard-earned peace and prosperity in Balochistan."

"Security forces are determined to neutralise their nefarious designs even at the cost of blood and lives," it added.

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