3 soldiers, 4 militants killed in clashes in Pakistan's tribal area
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2011-06-19 18:50:44
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ISLAMABAD, June 19 (Xinhua) -- At least three Pakistani soldiers and four Taliban militants were killed and 13 security personnel were injured in a clash that broke out Sunday in a tribal area in northwest Pakistan, reported local Urdu TV channel DAWN.
English.news.cn
2011-06-19 18:50:44
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ISLAMABAD, June 19 (Xinhua) -- At least three Pakistani soldiers and four Taliban militants were killed and 13 security personnel were injured in a clash that broke out Sunday in a tribal area in northwest Pakistan, reported local Urdu TV channel DAWN.
According to the report, the clash took place in Mohmand Agency near the Pakistani-Afghan border when a group of armed militants launched an attack Sunday morning on a check post in the Baizai area of Mohmand Agency.
The militants used rockets to target the security forces and the forces also fired artillery shells at the hideouts of the militants, the report quoted security sources as saying.
Pakistan said that militants have recently launched several attacks on the border check posts from Afghan soil. The Pakistani Foreign Ministry summoned Afghan envoys on two occasions to lodge protest over the incursions.
According to Pakistani officials, militants have carried out at least four incursions into the Pakistani territories from Afghan side in less than a month and nearly 40 Pakistani security personnel and civilians have been killed in these attacks.
Pakistan raised the issue of militants' incursion from Afghan territory with the Afghan President Hamid Karzai when he was on a two-day visit in Islamabad on June 10-11. Karzai has promised to stop militants if proved that they are using Afghan soil.
Deputy chief of Pakistan Taliban Maulvi Faqir Muhammad said last week that he is in the northeastern Afghan province of Kunar and would attack Pakistani forces in the Bajaur tribal region.
Another leader of Pakistan Taliban Maulana Fazaullah is believed to have crossed into Afghanistan's Nuristan province and has regrouped his fighters there. Fazaullah led bloody campaign against Pakistani forces in Swat valley in 2008 and 2009. .. Editor: Deng Shasha
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