5 Pakistani soldiers killed in attack 'from inside Afghanistan': Army

Five Pakistani soldiers were killed in an attack by terrorists “from inside Afghanistan,” the military said on Sunday.

The attack in the northern Kurram district is the latest in a string of deadly assaults in Pakistan since the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan after the hurried US pullout last August.

A spate of bomb blasts and attacks on security forces in recent months has raised fears of a resurgence of terrorism in the South Asian country.

Pakistani troops also inflicted “heavy casualties” on the attackers, read a statement from the Inter-Services Public Relations, the military’s media wing.