Pak Army Captain Syed Abbas, relative of Allama Sajid Naqvi martyred in bomb blast

A roadside bomb attack Monday in Kurram Agency martyred three and wounded two soldiers of Pakistan Army on Monday.
According to the Shia Ulema Council official tweet, a captain Syed Abbas, son in law of Shia Ulema Council President Allama Sajid Ali Naqvi brother was also martyred along with two other soldiers when their vehicle hit an improvised bomb in Masuzai area of Kurram tribal district.
Another security official in Peshawar, confirmed the attack saying the troops had been patrolling around 30 kilometres (18 miles) east of Parachinar, a major town in Kurram district.
Pakistani troops have been locked in deadly battles for years with homegrown insurgents in the northwestern tribal belt, where Taliban and al Qaeda-linked militants also plot attacks on Afghan and Western targets.
Kurram also suffers from sectarian violence between majority Shiite Muslims and minority Wahabi-Salfi’s of Kurram Agency from last three decades.