Three soldiers were killed and seven others injured when a group of 60 to 70 terrorists from bases in Afghanistan attacked Pakistan Army troops undertaking fencing efforts along the Pak-Afghan border in Alwara area of North Waziristan District on May 1, reports Daily Times. The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) statement said “The attack was effectively responded and repulsed by troops in the area. Scores of terrorists were killed and injured. In exchange of fire, three soldiers – Lance Naik Ali, Lance Naik Nazeer and Sepoy Imdad Ullah – embraced martyrdom. Seven other soldiers were injured”. “While Pakistan’s security forces are solidifying border security through fencing and construction of forts to deny liberty of action to the terrorists, Afghan security forces and the authorities need to have more effective control in border region to support Pakistan’s efforts as well as deny use of Afghan soil against Pakistan,” the ISPR stated. “Pakistan’s fencing efforts will continue despite all such impediments,” it asserted.