SAA event in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Kot Ragha, Kurram District area, Pakistan on Sat 28th December 2024

A Frontier Constabulary (FC) soldier was killed while 11 other personnel sustained injuries in exchange of fire with Afghan forces on multiple border posts in Kurram District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on the morning of December 28, reports Dawn. The Afghan forces targeted border posts in Ghozgarhi, Matha Sangar, Kot Ragha and Tari Mengal areas using both light and heavy weaponry, the sources said, adding that Pakistani Security Forces retaliated, inflicting significant losses on the other side as eight personnel of the Afghan forces were killed in the exchange of fire. Besides, militants made an infiltration attempt late on December 27-night, using the posts controlled by the Afghan Taliban to cross into Pakistani territory, but the attempt was thwarted. “After the infiltration attempt failed, militants and Afghan forces jointly opened fire on Pakistani posts with heavy weapons on December 28-morning. The firing was effectively responded to and there are confirmed reports of heavy losses on the Afghan side with over 15 militants dead and many others wounded,” another source said, adding that Afghan forces abandoned their posts and left the area after the incident.