ISLAMABAD: Four Pakistani soldiers lost their lives while one was injured near the country’s western border with Afghanistan, said the military’s media wing, ISPR, in a statement issued on Saturday.
In the country’s North Waziristan tribal district, miscreants fired on a patrolling party of security forces near Abba Khel, Spinwam, on Friday night, killing 23-year-old Sepoy Akhtar Hussain.
During the exchange of fire, two miscreants were also killed by the security forces.
In another incident in Dir, terrorists snipped at a group of Pakistani troops busy with border fencing. As a result, three soldiers lost their lives while one was injured.
Pakistan has been trying to secure its porous border with Afghanistan by erecting a border fence to stop the movement of militants between the two countries.
At the same time, Islamabad also took an initiative recently to keep a key border crossing at Torkham open for 24 hours, hoping it would benefit businesspeople on both sides and enhance trade between the two neighbors.
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Four soldiers killed in shooting incidents along Pakistan’s western border
Four soldiers killed in shooting incidents along Pakistan’s western border
- In an incident in North Waziristan, a patrolling party was targeted by miscreants
- Army troops were also killed in Dir where they were building a border fence
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