PARACHINAR: Two Frontier Corps soldiers were injured in firing by Afghan border security forces on a check-post in Kurram Agency on Friday.

Of ficials said that Pakistani troops were building a protection wall near the Gowanda post as part of the border management plan when the Afghan forces opened fire.

Two soldiers, Lugman Haider and Suleiman, wereinjured. They were taken to a hospital in the area.

In a separ ate development,Kurram Levies and Frontier Corps in a joint action destroye d an explosives-laden vehicle coming from Afghanistan. An official told Dawn that the vehicle was approaching Borki, a border village west of Parachinar, when security personnel opened fire. The vehicle loaded with explosives was blown up.

All four check-posts on the border with Afghanistan in Kurram Agency, including Borki, have been shut since Feb 26.