KURRAM AGENCY: Four FC officials, including a Captain, were martyred and three injured in three landmine explosions in the border area of Kharlachi, local political authorities said on Sunday.
The bodies of the martyred, including Capt Husnain, Sepoy Saeed Baaz, Sepoy Qadir and Sepoy JUmma Gul, and the injured had been shifted to Parachinar. Those wounded include Naik Anwar, Sepoy Zahir and Lance Naik Sher Afzal.
An ISPR statement says the martyred and the wounded personnel were part of the search team that traced the kidnappers of the recently recovered foreigners.
Soon after the explosions, security forces had cordoned off the area and launched a search operation.
The funeral prayers of the martyred were offered at the FC Ground in Parachinar.
Senior civil and military officials attended the funeral prayers.
Meanwhile, in a statement, Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari condemned the incident.
Earlier on Sept 27 this year, four security personnel were injured when two roadside bombs exploded near their vehicle close to the Afghan border in Kurram Agency.
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