4 Pakistani Troops Martyred in Cross Border Attack in Khyber Agency

[Devil Soul]

Four Pakistani soldiers killed in Afghan rocket attack: ISPR
By Web Desk
Published: August 23, 2015
KARACHI: At least four soldiers of the Pakistan Army were killed and four others were injured on Sunday as militant groups fired rockets from across the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in Khyber Agency.

“Four Pakistan Army soldiers were killed and four others were injured due to rocket fire,” an Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) statement said.


“According to reports, rounds fired from Afghanistan side opposite Khyber Agency by terrorists hit a 8,000 feet high Pakistani post in Akhandwala Pass,” the statement added,

Further, ISPR said, “Pakistani troops befittingly responded and eliminated the group of terrorists.”

The attack comes a day after Afghan President Ashraf Ghani reiterated his call on Pakistan to adopt the “same definition” for terrorism for attacks in Afghanistan as it does for attacks across the Durand Line. “Pakistan should have an understanding of the situation in Afghanistan and use the same definition of terrorism with regards to Afghanistan as it does domestically,” Ghani said in a meeting with outgoing Swedish Ambassador to Afghanistan Peter Semneby.


In a statement released from the Afghan Presidential Palace, Ghani added that the region and the world are in agreement with Afghanistan on the fight against terrorism, especially on the links between terrorism and criminal economy.

 

[Peaceful Civilian]

Shift those Afghan refuge camps to the border areas between Afghanistan and Pakistan....

They are scattered now
They eat our food, getting job here, enjoying religious independence here, getting citizenship here,
Still they speak against Pakistan. They were never our brothers.
BIG hypocrites! They are Against Creation of Pakistan from first day. Unfortunately they are our neighbor.
We should send All Mullahs there, who sing songs for Ummah! I am sure they will kill each other there due to sectarianism and religious bigotry!
Let them play Jihad against each other!

 

[Not So Good]

Instead of being recruited by Taliban in Pakistan? I'll take that.

No No, you don't understand
You can monitor them here in Pakistan but you can't outside your border

 

[Devil Soul]

Hot Pursuit ...... Ghani needs to tackle Terrorism against Pakistan, the same way he does for Afghanistan, or else let us do the handling ....... This attack is an eye opener that Pakistan is a victim of cross border terrorism...
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Rocket attack from Afghanistan kills four soldiers: ISPR
DAWN.COM — UPDATED 40 MINUTES AGO

ISPR says rocket was fired from Afghanistan, army retaliated. —AFP/File
ISLAMABAD: A cross border rocket attack at an army post near Pak-Afghan border in Khyber Agency killed four soldiers and injured others, the military’s media wing reported.

According to the details, the Inter-Services Public Relations said that the rocket was fired by terrorists from Afghanistan on Sunday which resulted in the death of four military men and injured four others.

Responding to the attack, the army retaliated in a befitting manner and targeted the area from where the rocket fire came, it added.

This is not the first time that a cross border attack has happened on Pak-Afghan border.

The attack comes at a time when relations between Islamabad and Afghanistan had started deteriorating in the wake of a surge in Taliban attacks inside Afghanistan and statements of the Afghan leadership against Pakistan.

Pakistan had summoned the Afghan ambassador last week to protest over a border clash in which three Frontier Constabulary men were killed on August 16 and 17.

Afghanistan’s Ambassador Janan Mosazai was summoned by Foreign Secretary Aizaz Chaudhry a day after Pakistani envoy in Kabul Abrar Hussain was summoned by the Afghan foreign ministry over the same incident in which they claim that eight of their border guards had been killed.

“A strong protest was also lodged on cross-border violations from the Afghan side on 16 and 17 August 2015, which resulted in death of three FC personnel and injuries to two others,” a FO statement said.

“The Afghan ambassador was conveyed that, as a matter of policy, Pakistani authorities do not initiate fire and return fire only in self-defence,” it added.

Earlier in July, two soldiers were wounded when Afghan National Army fired at Pakistan Army’s position in Angoor Adda area of South Waziristan Agency.

A rocket-propelled grenade-7 and a few rounds of small arms were fired on the Angoor Adda gate from the Afghan side causing injuries to the soldiers, ISPR had said.

 

[vitalsign]

WTH man Pakistan always supported, fought and saved Afghanistan and they are just freaking people.

 

[Shamain]

@Irfan Baloch its sad

Hot Pursuit ...... Ghani needs to tackle Terrorism against Pakistan, the same way he does for Afghanistan, or else let us do the handling ....... This attack is an eye opener that Pakistan is a victim of cross border terrorism...

Isnt presence of fazlullah in afghanistan enough a proof for that?

If fc from afghan side is present along the border than how these filthy terrorists got a chance to attack our men.
Such sad loss of precious life.

 

[Devil Soul]

@Irfan Baloch its sad


Isnt presence of fazlullah in afghanistan enough a proof for that?

If fc from afghan side is present along the border than how these filthy terrorists got a chance to attack our men.
Such sad loss of precious life.

Well so far the Fazlullah case is being handled @ diplomatic front, but with the increase of cross border attacks from afghan soil, i doubt if it will be jus the diplomats doing the talking....

 

[Windjammer]

Paid back with dividends.

Rawalpindi: At least four army personnel were martyred and as many injured when a rocket landed on a check-post in Khyber Agency near Afghan border, said the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) on Sunday.

According to the Pakistan Army's media wing, unidentified terrorists targeted the military check-post, located at an altitude of 8,000 feet, from across the border.

Responding to the attack, the Pakistan Army destroyed a militant hideout, killing many terrorists, the ISPR added.

The attack comes days after Afghanistan’s Ambassador to Pakistan Janan Mosazai was called in by Foreign Secretary Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry to convey concerns over recent spate of Afghan government’s allegations and media campaign to malign Pakistan.

“The Foreign Secretary stressed that such allegations undercut mutual confidence and affect the environment of bilateral relations that both countries had been working hard to improve,” said a statement issued by the foreign office last week.

A strong protest was also lodged on cross-border violations from the Afghan side on August 16 and 17, which resulted in martyrdom of three FC personnel and injuries to two others.


http://Four Pakistani soldiers martyred in rocket attack near Afghan border - thenews.com.pk

 

[FULL_METAL]

RIP jawans, I always respect soldiers, irrespective of nationality, who sacrificed lives for their motherlands

 

[A.M.]

After we clear Shawal, serious consideration should be given to creating a buffer zone in certain areas across the border.

Create a buffer, drop hundreds of mines somewhat similar to what exists between north and south Korea.

 

[saiyan0321]

MAY ALLAH GRANT THEM A PLACE IN HEAVEN.

Very sad .. Afghanistan is showing how volatile the region is and they have tje audacity to say that we need to do more. Their entire eastern front is a hub of terrorism and they don't have the guts to go in their and fight them. Pakistan must take it upon itself yo utilize hot pursuit to curb these terrorists. We must also send all the refugees back who are increasing crime and munching on our resources.

Afghanistans ineptness in combatting terrorism is going to harm us. We must secure our western border otherwise we will be in trouble.

 

[Menace2Society]

After we clear Shawal, serious consideration should be given to creating a buffer zone in certain areas across the border.

Create a buffer, drop hundreds of mines somewhat similar to what exists between north and south Korea.

Need a 2 mile buffer zone with 24/7 sniper and drone coverage inside Afghanistan to create no mans land.

 

[Rahil khan]

Testing our patience... these morons don't have a clue what they are dealing with.... You mess with the bull you get the horns....they wanna try...most WELCOME..!!

 

[A.M.]

Need a 2 mile buffer zone with 24/7 sniper and drone coverage inside Afghanistan to create no mans land.

Agreed. They shouldn't care as Afghanistan doesn't even control over 50% of the country.