GHALLANAI: A major and a
sepoy of the paramilitary Frontier Corps were
martyred and another soldier sustained injuries in an explosion caused by an improvised explosive device (IED) near the Pak-Afghan border in
Mohmand tribal district on Friday, sources said.The sources said that at least three IEDs exploded when a team of the
Mohmand Rifles was targetted near the fenced border. Major Adeel Shahid and
sepoy Faraz Hussain embraced martyrdom while
sepoy Gulfam was injured in the explosion.A statement by the military’s Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said the squad under the
martyred officer was supervising fencing work in an area "which carried [a] critical infiltration route.”The injured soldier was taken to the Combined Military Hospital in Peshawar. He was stated to be stable at the hospital.Soon after the blast, the security forces launched a search operation in the area and tightened security.The Nimaz-i-Janaza of the martyrs was held at the
Mohmand Rifles camp in
Mohmand district. Inspector General Frontier Corps (IGFC), Maj Gen Rahat Naseem Ahmed Khan, Deputy Commissioner
Mohmand district Iftikhar Alam and other military and civil officers attended the funeral prayer.Later, the bodies of the two martyrs were brought to Peshawar where another Nimaz-i-Janaza was held. Chief Minister Mahmood Khan, Corps Commander Lt Gen Shaheen Mazhar Mehmood, IGFC and other civil and military officials attended the funeral. The body of Major Adeel Shahid was taken to Karachi while that of
sepoy Faraz Hussain was transported to his native Kotli in Azad Jammu and Kashmir for burial.
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