Four soldiers martyred, one injured in two incidents near Afghan border

• Miscreants open fire on security forces on Western Border.
• Militants fired on a routine patrolling party of security forces.
• "In exchange of fire, two miscreants killed," ISPR said.

Four Pakistan Army soldiers were martyred and one was injured in two separate incidents across the Afghan border.

According to a press release issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) on Saturday, miscreants opened fired on a routine patrolling party of security forces near Abba Khel area of Spinwam, North Waziristan. Due to the firing Sepoy Akhtar Hussain, 23, embraced martyrdom. In the exchange of fire, two miscreants were also killed.

"In an other incident on Pak -Afghan Border in Dir, terrorists fired from across on Pakistan army troops busy in border fencing. three soldiers embraced shahadat while one got injured," the ISPR said in the statement.

The martyred soldiers include Lance Naik Said Amin Afridi, 28, a resident of District Khyber; Lance Naik Muhammad Shoaib Swati, 31, resident of District Manshera and Sepoy Kashif Ali, 22, a resident of District Nowshera.