22-year-old army officer martyred as militants attack border post in Khyber Agency
KHYBER AGENCY, SEPT 23 (DNA) – An army officer was martyred on Saturday in cross-border firing in Rajgal, Khyber Agency, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a statement.
Lieutenant Arsalan, 22, was deployed as the officer commanding the newly-established border post in Rajgal, Khyber Agency when he was hit by militant firing from across the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan. Lt Arsalan was the only brother of three sisters.
Earlier in May this year, at least 10 people, including women, children and a Frontier Corps (FC) man, were killed and 47 injured after Afghan border forces resorted to ‘unprovoked’ firing at Pakistani troops guarding a census team.
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