Taliban fighters kill 25 Pakistani troops in raid across borders

Taliban fighters killed 25 Pakistani troops in a cross-border raid yesterday, the military said, blaming alleged inaction by Afghanistan and Nato in the latest flaring of tensions between the neighbours. Some 200 to 300 ‘terrorists’ based in...

Taliban fighters killed 25 Pakistani troops in a cross-border raid yesterday, the military said, blaming alleged inaction by Afghanistan and Nato in the latest flaring of tensions between the neighbours.

Some 200 to 300 ‘terrorists’ based in Afghanistan attacked seven paramilitary Frontier Corps checkposts in the northwestern district of Chitral early yesterday morning, Pakistan’s military said in a statement.

The term ‘terrorists’ is frequently used by the military for Taliban and Al-Qaeda-linked militants. The military said both Pakistani and Afghan fighters were involved.

“At least 25 security forces personnel embraced shahadat (martyrdom) in the attack,” the statement said, adding that the attack was launched “from across the border”.

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