TTP Claims Responsibility for Attack on FC Personnel in Balochistan
TTP Claims Responsibility for Attack on FC Personnel in Balochistan
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ISPR says four FC soldiers were slain, six others injured following attack from across the border with Afghanistan
The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) on Wednesday claimed responsibility for an attack on Frontier Corps personnel that left four soldiers martyred and six others injured.
A statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said that the attack had been launched from across the border with Afghanistan while the personnel were proceeding with fencing of the border area in Zhob district, which borders Afghanistan’s Paktika province. It identified the martyred personnel as Hawaldar Noor Zaman, Sepoy Shakeel Abbas, Sepoy Ahsanullah and Naik Sultan.