Rockets kill 4 Pak soldiers near Afghan border

At least four Pakistani soldiers were killed and four others injured on Sunday when militants from across the Afghan border fired rockets at an army check post in the country’s restive Khyber tribal region.

The cross-border attack by the militants <g data-gr-id="13">were</g> launched from the Afghanistan side, hitting a Pakistani 

checkpoint where the soldiers were posted.

“Four Pakistan Army soldiers were killed and four others were injured due to rocket fire,” army said in a statement.

The military, however, did not mention which militant group launched the attack.

The rounds fired from Afghanistan side opposite Khyber Agency by terrorists hit <g data-gr-id="12">a 8,000</g> feet high Pakistani post in Akhandwala Pass, it said.