PESHAWAR: Two soldiers were slightly wounded on Thursday when militants from Afghanistan attacked a border post, sparking a shootout in which four ‘terrorists’ were killed, the Pakistani military said.
Follow up:
It was the latest incident of cross-border violence against a backdrop of worsening relations between the neighbours, who accuse each other of responsibility for Taliban violence plaguing both countries.
Pakistan said the attack began at 5:30 am (0030 GMT) and lasted until 7 am in the Alizai sector of the tribal district of Kurram on the border with eastern Afghanistan.
Follow up:
It was the latest incident of cross-border violence against a backdrop of worsening relations between the neighbours, who accuse each other of responsibility for Taliban violence plaguing both countries.
Pakistan said the attack began at 5:30 am (0030 GMT) and lasted until 7 am in the Alizai sector of the tribal district of Kurram on the border with eastern Afghanistan.
