Two BDS personnel martyred in Mohmand IED blast

Another soldier injured during a clearing mission near Pak-Afghan border

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

Both district administration and security sources have 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 K-P province. The Pak Army are working on fencing the border in these area in its first phase, which will be completed till next year to stop the militant infiltration from the Afghan side.