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Pakistani soldiers suffer casualties in firing from across Durand Line with Afghanistan

6 Aug 2020 - 9:32

The Pakistani military confirmed that the Pakistani soldiers suffered casualties in firing from across the Line of Durand with Afghanistan.


The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the media wing of the Pakistani military, in a statement said the soldiers of Frontier Corps came under heavy mortar shelling and firing from across the Line of Durand on Wednesday.
The statement further added that the added tha the shelling killed a Pakistani soldier of the Frontier Corps and wounded at least two others.
According to ISPR, the incident occurred at the border in the Bin Shahi area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Lower Dir district.
The Pakistani media outlets reported at least six soldiers of the Frontier Corps were killed after their vehicle was hit by an improvised explosive device (IED) during a routine patrol in Buleda district of Balochistan near the Pakistan-Iran border in May.


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