QUETTA: In a gun battle which ensued after an attack on a checkpost near the Afghan border in Chagai district on Sunday, at least three soldiers and two assailants were killed.
A soldier was seriously injured in the attack, sources here said, carried out by mischievous elements having come from Afghanistan.
They said the assailants had entered the Pakistani territory near Qila Kurd from Afghanistan. They launched the attack on the checkpost manned by Frontier Corps (FC).
The paramilitary personnel fired back and at the end of the gun battle, the attackers fled, leaving two bodies behind.
The sources said the bodies appeared to be of Afghan nationals.
The slain FC personnel were identified as Naib Sobedar Ali Dost and Naiks Abdul Qadeer and Abdul Wahab.
Security forces cordoned off the area and mounted a search. No arrest was reported till late night.