UPPER DIR: At least six security personnel were killed and five went missing when militants attacked security check-posts near Pak-Afghan border in Barawal, Upper Dir district on Sunday, officials said.
11 militants were also killed in retaliation.
Talking to The Express Tribune, a security forces official said that dozens of militants attacked the check-posts of Sunai Darra and Gulunu Sar around 6 pm from across the border killing six security personnel while five had gone missing.
“A patrolling party of the security forces came under attack from across the border,” adding, “reportedly some of the men have gone out of communication during the encounter,” he explained.
The fate of the missing personnel was unclear, till the filing of this report.
Speaking to the media from an undisclosed location, a spokesperson for the Taliban in Malakand claimed responsibility for the attack.
Earlier on Friday, at least one security personnel was killed and two injured when militants attacked a check post in Bin Darra area near the Pak-Afghan border in district Upper Dir on Friday.
Officials claimed that more than five militants were killed in retaliation when militants from across the border fired at the Karakar check post.
Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) had also claimed that they had kidnapped some security personnel whose video would soon be released.
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yeah our army had done a great job,to cross the afghan border,and we pround on our army. M frm barawal.
This are bread and supported in Afghanistan and supported by India and Afghanistan.
Come on guys. Our soldiers were killed as they were patrolling the border as it is clearly written. They are doing this brave effort to stop incursions from the afghan side. In case of Nato they keep sitting in their bunkers and never come out and infact barely patrol the dangerous region. So when there is a cross border movement, they instead of taking any blame shift all blame on Pakistan. Our soldiers are brave enough to risk their lives for our safety. But this is not the case with Nato.
These are the results of ill conceived policies that were promoted and followed for decades. Terror groups change their names frequently and disguise themselves as charity groups. The Judiciary has also played its role in protecting these terror groups. Fine distinctions are made between various terror groups, such as Punjabi Taliban, Pashtun Taliban, Pakistan Taliban and Afghan Taliban. Terror groups seen as serving the objectives of the Army are protected. Terror groups are also encouraged to unify and form a consortium, such as DPC to serve the interests of the Army. Imran Khan's support for the tribal warlords and their brutal practices is also equally flawed that would come to haunt Pakistan very soon. As someone said: a good Taliban is a dead Taliban. Pakistan can come out of the mess only when it stops to make finer distinctions between various terror groups and take action to wipe out all terror groups. Popular leaders like Imran Khan should not mis-lead the population. Counter accusations that US makes such distinctions will not help Pakistan solve its problems. US will leave the area, but Pakistan must stay there with its neighbors. Mujahiddins became Talibans and later split into good Talibans and bad Talibans. When US leaves the region, is it not possible for all Talibans to join as one group and act against Pakistan ? What makes Pakistan so confident that all Talibans shall join as a group and work with Pakistan ? Even if this happens, Pakistan shall not have good relations with its neighbors and this would affect its own economy badly. TAPI pipeline or IP pipeline will never materialize.
@OG
There is a overall, a great deal of sympathy for the Taliban within the Pakistani army at all levels, so most of these attacks get inside help.
There is, of course, zero Taliban sympathy within NATO... There is certainly Taliban support within the Afghan National Army among pashtuns, but the ANA is heavily composed of Tajik, Hazara, and Uzbeks who seriously suffered under Taliban rule.
''......killing six security personnel while five had gone missing......'' means fate of missing person i is unclear. That counts the total to eleven. So, equal number of casualties on both sides. Then, where is the efficiency of our security personnel.
@Mahakaalchakra: All the old cobras "donated" by US were barely flight worthy and mostly used for spares. The rest of the cobras are used elsewhere in the region and since Pakistan is a poor country browbeaten into this unwinnable war, they cannot be sent long distances in a short amount of time to remote outposts.
I don't get one thing. When Taliban fighters attack check posts in Afghanistan, hardly any Nato troops are killed. Yes there's always a gun battle but Taliban end up with most of the casualties. When they attack Pakistani check posts, the Pak Army suffers heavy casualties. Is this because the Army isn't well trained or not well supplied? As good as these taliban fighters might be, The Pak Army is suppose to a professional fighting force, but it clearly doesn't seem so. Is it because the better trained soldiers are located on our eastern borders rather than the western borders where there is a war going on? And theres hardly any air support for these troops at these check posts. Why does the Pak Army even built these check posts if they cant provide if support in time when it is needed? questions, questions, questions!
Where these snakes bred by the state or snakes from accross the border ?
@True Muslim Paki, these are not Afghan Taliban but Pakistani Taliban who have been pushed out from Pakistan and Afghan government provides them sanctuary.
Why didn't Pakistan send attack-helicopter to help its security forces and kill fleeing Taliban? USA had given dozens of helis almost free of cost to Pakistan for this purposes only. What for these helis being saved? I hope not to use against neighbors.
Did Pakistan military find and ID the bodies of Taliban? Were they Pakistani or non-Pakistani?
Why is afghan Taliban attacking?