KHAR: A Pakistani soldier was killed when bullets fired from across the Afghan border hit a checkpost in Bajaur Agency on Sunday, administration officials said.

The Frontier Crops checkpost that came under attack is located along the border in Ghakhi area of Lovi Mamond tehsil, 30km from here.

FC personnel fired back but there were no reports about any casualty, they said.

“Amid uncertainty about the perpetrators of the assault, the administration in collaboration with security forces and village defence committees has launched an investigation into the incident,” said an official.

Meanwhile, the political administration of Bajaur demolished the house of a suspected militant on Sunday.

Officials said the Levies personnel blew up the house of Zameen Khan in Nazar Meena area of Barang tehsil.