Militants attack forces checkpoint in Chitral

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Via The News - CHITRAL: Some 100 militants stormed a checkpost in Arandu on Thursday and snatched weapons, cell phones and cash from security personnel deployed there, local sources said.

The sources said security forces’ men were asleep when the militants attacked the checkpost manned by the Chitral Scouts and the Border Security Force personnel early in the day. “The intruders made the personnel hostage at gunpoint and snatched their arms and fled the area,” the sources said.

The commandant of the Chitral Scouts could not be contacted despite several efforts to seek his comments. The police were also reluctant to confirm or deny the incident. 

However, official sources said about 100 militants crossed the border into Pakistan and attacked a checkpost in Arandu, bordering Kunar province of Afghanistan, at 3:30 am and decamped with the arms and other valuables snatched from the security forces personnel. They said it was yet to be ascertained whether they were the local or Afghan Taliban militants.