2 Pakistani soldiers killed, 5 injured in attack from Afghanistan

In this file photo, Pakistani soldiers patrol Tora Warai, a town in Kurram Agency, on the border with Afghanistan. (REUTERS)

ISLAMABAD: Two Pakistani soldiers were shot dead and five injured by fire from Afghanistan in the Kurram tribal region on Sunday, Pakistan鈥檚 military said.
The soldiers were carrying out routine surveillance along the border, said the military鈥檚 media wing, Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR). The two countries share a 2,400-km border.
Islamabad says Tahreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) is using Afghan soil to launch terrorist attack inside Pakistan.
On Thursday, Pakistan鈥檚 Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad Faisal said TTP, Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, Lashkar-e-Islam and other terrorist groups had been eliminated from its soil.
鈥淭hey have relocated themselves in Afghanistan,鈥� he said. 鈥淒aesh too has made sanctuaries on the Afghan side of the鈥� border. These terrorist groups regularly undertake cross-border raids on our posts.鈥�
Pakistan respects Afghanistan鈥檚 sovereignty and territorial integrity, he said, adding: 鈥淲e neither step into Afghan soil nor fire inside its territory.鈥�
He said: 鈥淚n some locations鈥� Afghan forces have taken action against terrorist sanctuaries along the border and deployed its troops. We urge Afghanistan to take similar actions in other terrorist-infested areas.鈥�
He added: 鈥淲e have shared actionable intelligence with the Afghan side about the hideouts of terrorists along the鈥� border.鈥�