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No clue yet of missing armymen

IFTKHARABAD, (AJK): A spokesman of Pakistan Army at Chamb Sector said on Sunday that no clue has been found as yet of the five soldiers of Pakistan Army, who went missing on Saturday morning following an Indian attack.

He said this while briefing a team of newsmen from international and national media who visited the post in Chamb Sector where the Indian army had attacked while crossing the River Tavi on the Line of Control (LoC) on Saturday.

The spokesman responding to a question about the missing soldiers of Pakistan Army said "they went missing soon after Indian army attacked the post. The other soldiers of Pakistan Army embraced Shahadat in the attack."

He said they were presumably chasing the retreating Indian intruders when they went missing. APP