Mohmand blast martyrs two BDS personnel

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Pakistani troops gather in a checkpost after the US air strike in the mountainous Gora Prai on June 11, 2008. Pakistan said a "cowardly" air strike by US-led forces killed 11 Pakistani troops near the Afghan border and warned it could undermine cooperation in the war against terrorism. The army accused the US-led coalition in Afghanistan of launching the unprovoked attack on a checkpost in Pakistan's volatile Mohmand tribal zone, while the foreign office called for an immediate investigation. AFP PHOTO/Tariq MAHMOOD (Photo credit should read TARIQ MAHMOOD/AFP/Getty Images)

PESHAWAR: Two members of the Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) of the security forces were martyred after being hit by a hidden improvised explosive device (IED) near Pakistan-Afghanistan border in Mohmand district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) on Friday.

The district administration and security sources confirmed the incident that took place in Khawaizai Baizai subdivision in Jarobi Dara area near the Afghan border. Naib Subedar Shehzad and Sepoy Kaleem were martyred while another member of the BDS, Mohsin sustained injuries in the incident.

The injured and bodies were shifted to nearby corps wing headquarters, where funeral prayers of the martyred soldiers were offered.

Jarobi Dara is the Pak-Afghan border area of Mohmand tribal district of KP province.

The Pakistan Army is working on fencing the border in these areas in its first phase, which will be completed till next year to stop the militant infiltration from the Afghan side.