RAWALPINDI: An officer of the Pakistan
Army and a
sepoy embraced martyrdom on Friday, after an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by cross-border terrorists at the Pakistan-Afghan
border went off while a fence along the
border was being erected.Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General Maj-Gen Asif Ghafoor said in a tweet that Major Adeel Shahid and
sepoy Faraz Hussain embraced Shahadat (martyrdom) on the Pakistan-Afghan
border in Mohmand District.The squad under the
martyred officer was supervising fencing work in an area which carried a critical infiltration route. The martyrs fell victim to an IED planted by terrorists from across the border.Last weekend, four soldiers embraced martyrdom while another one was injured in two separate incidents on the western border, ISPR said. In North Waziristan,
sepoy Akhtar Hussain, 23, resident of Baltistan district, embraced Shahadat when miscreants opened fire on a patrolling party of the security forces near Abbakhel, Spinwam. In exchange of fire, two miscreants were also killed. In the second incident in Dir, three troops of the Pakistan
Army who were busy in fencing the
border embraced martyrdom while another soldier was injured when terrorists fired from across the border. The
martyred soldiers include Lance Naik Said Amin Afridi, 28, resident of Khyber district, Lance Naik Muhammad Shoaib Swati, 31, from Mansehra,
sepoy Kashif Ali, 22, from Nowshera.
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