In one incident, seven soldiers were martyred when terrorists ambushed a vehicle of security forces in Datakhel tehsil of North Waziristan tribal district. In the second incident, which took place in Isham area of the district, a solider was martyred in a clash between security forces and terrorists, reporst Dawn News.

As for the first attack, officials told Dawn News the terrorists attacked a moving vehicle of the security forces in Datakhel near the Afghan border.

Sources told the newspaper the insurgents used a rocket-propelled grenade launcher and assault guns in the attack.

The deceased soldiers were identified as  Havaldar Tariq, Sepoy Arshad, Sepoy Kashif, Sepoy Junaid, Sepoy Ijaz Ali, Sepoy Waqas and Sepoy Jawad Mir.