Kurram: Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa celebrated Eidul Azha with soldiers along the Pak-Afghan border in Kurram district on Wednesday, the Inter-Services Public Relations said.

The Army chief lauded the high morale of soldiers and their determination to defend Pakistan, saying "we are ready to defend Pakistan and its bounderies".  

"We will defend the country from all dangers at any cost as our forces are having high morale to defend the motherland," the ISPR release says.

General Bajwa praised the operational preparedness of formation and security arrangements along the border.  

He also lauded the formation for raising fence along the border, and its cooperation with the civil departments for social and economic projects.