Rawalpindi, April 15 (TNS): At least two Frontier Corps (FC) personnel deployed on the Pak-Afghan border were martyred, while five were injured in an attack from across the border, says a press release issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) here on Sunday.
ISPR said that FC troops were fired upon from Afghanistan while they were busy in “routine surveillance along Pak-Afghan border for plugging of gaps and making necessary preparations for starting fencing in that area.”
“Pakistani troops are exercising maximum restraint so as to avoid any Afghan civilian casualties,” the statement said, adding: “Military engagement is underway to defuse [the] situation.”
The attack was carried out from the Khost province of Afghanistan on a border post in Laka Tika area of Lower Kurram Agency, officials of the political administration in Kurram Agency said.
