CHITRAL (INP): The Pakistani security forces killed 30 Afghan militants
who had crossed the border to attack the Pakistani posts on
Sunday.Pakistani security sources in Chitral said that the Pakistani
troops were alert and they responded to the attack with full force
killing 30 intruders. They said that as a result of strong retaliation,
the remaining Afghan militants fled from the area.The attack happened in
the Barawal area of Upper Dir. Pakistani forces retaliated and the
intruders slipped back,” said one of the officials, who spoke on
condition of anonymity.The officials said that security in the area has
further been tightened. Pakistani Taliban leader Maulvi Fazlullah is
expected to be behind the attacks who has taken refuge in the Afghan
province of Nooristan. Pakistan had long drawn the attention of Afghan
government and NATO forces that Pakistani Taliban who had fled from Swat
have been regrouping in Nooristan and Kunar and demanded that action be
taken against them.This was the seventh attack from Afghanistan on
Pakistani side of the border.
The first attack from Afghan militants was
in June at Nusratdara and the clashes continued for 5 days in which 28
security personnel embraced martyred while six Taliban were killed. The
militants attack six check posts in Chitral in August, 2011 in which 25
security personnel were martyred and at least 20 militants were killed.
Other attacks from Afghanistan side were carried out in Bajaur and
Mohmand agencies.