RAWALPINDI: Four Pakistan Army soldiers were martyred in Dir and North Waziristan on Saturday when terrorists opened fire on them from across the Pak-Afghan border.
According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the incident happened when the soldiers were on regular duty patrolling the Abba Khel, Spinwam area late last night near the Pak-Afghan border.
The martyred included Sepoy Akhtar Hussain, 23, a resident of Baltistan.
The military’s media wing added in exchange of fire, two miscreants were killed.
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In a separate incident on the Pak-Afghan Border in Dir, three soldiers embraced martyrdom while one was wounded when a suspected terrorist opened fire.
The martyred include Lance Naik Said Amin Afridi, 28, a resident of Khyber, Lance Naik Muhammad Shoaib Swati, 31, who hailed from Mansehra and Sepoy Kashif Ali, 22, a resident of Nowshera.
The attacks come less than two months after 10 Pakistani armed forces personnel were martyred by militants, six of them in a cross-border attack in North Waziristan district and four others in an assault in Kech district of Balochistan. The ambush in North Waziristan was claimed by the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan. (INP)
