Captain Taimur Abbas, adjutant of the 73rd Battalion of the Punjab Regiment, embraced martyrdom in the line of duty at the Waziristan front, just four days before his wedding.

 

The brave officer was the only son of Brigadier Hassan Abbas, and his wedding had been scheduled for August 30.

 

Captain Taimur will be buried with full military honours. His martyrdom becomes part of the long legacy of soldiers who laid down their lives in defence of Pakistan’s sovereignty, security and territorial integrity.

 

Separately, security forces foiled an infiltration bid into Balochistan’s Zhob district and killed 47 terrorists, reports said on Tuesday, citing security sources.

 

According to details, when a large group of terrorists belonging to the Indian proxy Fitna-al-Khawarij, a term used for the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), were attempting to infiltrate through the Pak-Afghanistan border in Sambaza, the security forces detected their movement.

 

From August 7 to 9, the security forces carried out an operation against the terrorists, during which all 47 militants were neutralised, reports suggest, adding, “Most of the terrorists killed in the operation were Afghan nationals.”

 

Pakistan has witnessed a sharp uptick in cross-border terror incidents ever since Taliban rulers returned to Afghanistan in August 2021, particularly in the contiguous provinces of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Balochistan.