A junior commissioned officer of the Frontier Corps was killed and a soldier injured as a result of alleged firing by personnel of Afghan security forces in border areas of Mohmand Agency. Officials said personnel of Afghan security forces opened fire at personnel of Pakistani security forces at Gorapari checkpost in Baezai area of Mohmand Agency late on Thursday. A subedar (junior commissioned officer) of Frontier Corps was killed and a soldier injured. In retaliation, the security forces also started firing on their counterparts from Afghanistan, forcing them to cease fire.
The cross-border firing occurred a few hours after Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s press conference, wherein he put forward certain conditions for signing a strategic agreement with Pakistan, including stoppage of alleged interference by militants in internal affairs of Afghanistan. Meanwhile, two alleged suicide bombers were killed in an attack on the house of a militant commander in Hangu on Friday. Police officers said two suicide bombers blew themselves up at the main gate of Mohammad Nabi Hanfi’s House. As a result, both bombers were killed and the house razed to the ground.
