ICC promptly diverts Champions Trophy tour away from PoK cities after BCCI’s objections
The original tour schedule included cities like Skardu, Hunza and Muzaffarabad, which fall in the PoK region, a disputed territory between India and Pakistan.
A Pakistani soldier was killed in cross-border firing from the Afghan side in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Wednesday, according to the officials.
An army statement said that terrorists carried out a firing raid from the Afghan side of the bilateral border on a security forces’ post in Bajaur district.
Pakistani security officials have long been saying that militants have crossed border into Afghanistan as a result of major operations in the country’s tribal regions.
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The Pakistani militants routinely attack the border posts from the Afghan side.
In May, at least six security personnel, including an Army major, were killed after a roadside bomb struck a patrol vehicle in southwestern Pakistan’s restive Balochistan province.
In 2017, a hand grenade attack at a restaurant in Pakistan’s Balochistan province left 20 labourers injured.
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