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Three Pakistani Soldiers Killed In Overnight Attack Near Afghan Border

A Pakistani soldier stands guard in the Kurram tribal district. (file photo)
A Pakistani soldier stands guard in the Kurram tribal district. (file photo)

Three Pakistani soldiers were killed in an attack late on December 28 in Pakistan's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, intelligence officials told RFE/RL. Armed men attacked a security checkpoint in the Kurram tribal district on the border with Afghanistan, said an intelligence official who did not want to be named, adding that 10 other members of the security forces were wounded. One militant was also killed, the official said. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack so far. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Radio Mashaal, click here.

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