“Four Pakistan Army soldiers were killed and four others injured due to rocket fire”, an ISPR statement said.
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The Angoor Adda check post bordering Afghanistan has been also attacked by Afghan forces and militants in past.
Pakistan’s military says “heavy fire” from across the Afghan border has killed seven soldiers deployed at a post near Afghanistan.
In recent past, a number of terror acts including the December 2014 attack on the army public school in Peshawar were planned and executed by the Taliban leadership from Afghanistan.
Islamabad and Kabul regularly accuse each other of giving sanctuary to militants.
Pakistan’s seven tribal districts near the Afghan border are rife with homegrown insurgents and are strongholds of Taliban and Al-Qaeda operatives.
In 2012, Islamabad temporarily blocked NATO’s supply routes in retaliation for a USA airstrike in Salala near the Afghan border that resulted in the death of 24 of its soldiers.
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“According to reports, rounds fired from Afghanistan side opposite Khyber Agency by terrorists hit a 8,000 feet high Pakistani post in Akhandwala Pass”, the statement added. This has always caused problems and the two countries have often accused each other of territorial violations.
