IED claims lives of major, soldier near Af-Pak border.

RAWALPINDI -- An army major and a sepoy were martyred in an improvised explosive device (IED) explosion near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in Mohmand tribal district, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General Major General Asif Ghafoor tweeted on Friday.

According to the military spokesperson, Major Adeel Shahid and Sepoy Faraz Hussain 'fell victim to an IED planted by terrorists from across the border'.

The tweet further said the squad under the martyred officer was supervising fencing work in an area 'which carried [a] critical infiltration route'.

On Saturday, at least four Pakistan Army soldiers embraced martyrdom near Pakistan-Afghan border in Dir.

In another incident in Dir, suspected militants had opened fire from across the Pak-Afghan border on Pakistan Army troops who were busy in border fencing. '3 soldiers embraced shahadat while 1 got injured' in the incident, the ISPR said.

The personnel martyred had incident included Lance Naik Said Amin Afridi, aged 28, a resident of District Khyber; Lance Naik Muhammad Shoaib Swati, a 31-year-old resident of District Manshera; and Sepoy Kashif Ali, aged 22, a resident of District Nowshera.

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