ISLAMABAD, March 6 (Xinhua) -- Pakistan army said Monday that five soldiers had been killed in clashes with terrorists who launched an overnight attack on three check posts along the Pak-Afghan border.
An army statement said that 10 terrorists were also killed in the counter attack.
"Last night Terrorists from across the border attempted physical attack on three Pakistan Border Posts in Mohmand Agency. Effective presence, vigilance and response repulsed terrorists attempt. In exchange of fire 5 soldiers embraced Shahadat (martyrdom). Over 10 terrorists reported killed," the statement from the Inter-Services Public Relations said.
Pakistani army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa appreciates response by Pakistani troops to the terrorists' attacks in Mohmand Agency.
General Bajwa expressed grief on loss of precious lives that the army hailed the sacrifice made by brave sons of soil.
No group claimed the attacks. Generally speaking, the splinter Jamaat-ul-Ahrar group of the outlawed Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan operates in the border region.
Pakistan army said that Pakistani militants, who have fled to Afghanistan as the result of major offensives in the tribal regions, routinely launch attack on border posts.
Pakistan last month closed its border with Afghanistan after a series of terrorist attacks which killed over 100 people in days.
