The move is likely to intensify tensions between troubled allies Islamabad and Washington, currently involved in difficult talks to repair ties.
Afghan deputy chief of mission was also called to the Pakistan's Foreign Office to protest against the cross-border attack on military check posts in Upper Dir.
More than 100 militants based in Afghanistan's Kunar province entered Pakistan and attacked a military patrol on Sunday, the military official said. Fourteen militants and six soldiers were killed in the skirmish.
Seven Pakistani soldiers were beheaded by militants after the clash and four were still missing, the official said.
Pakistan's Foreign Ministry said the Afghan deputy head of mission in Islamabad was summoned and presented with a "strong protest".
The Malakand faction of the Pakistan Taliban claimed responsibility, and threatened more attacks.
"Our fight will continue until the establishment of sharia law in Pakistan ... We will fight whoever tries to stand in our way," Sirajuddin Ahmad, the faction's spokesman, told Reuters.
Ahmad claimed the group had killed 17 Pakistani soldiers.
The Nato-led International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan said it was aware of the report, but had no information.
Fazlullah Wahidi, governor of Kumar province, said militants were based in Pakistan, not Afghanistan. "We don't have any information about militants crossing the border from Afghanistan to attack troops in Pakistan," he told Reuters.
The Malakand, or Swat, Taliban are led by Maulvi Fazlullah, who was the Pakistan Taliban leader in the Swat Valley, about 100 miles northwest of Islamabad, before a 2009 army offensive forced him to flee.
Also known as FM Mullah for his fiery radio broadcasts, he regrouped in Afghanistan and established strongholds, according to the Pakistan military.
Fazlullah re-emerged as a threat last year, when his fighters conducted cross-border raids that killed around 100 Pakistani security forces, angering Pakistan, which faces threats from multiple militant groups.
Pakistan wants Afghan and Nato forces to act against Afghanistan-based militant groups that cross the border to attack Pakistani forces and civilians.
The United States has repeatedly called on Pakistan to do away with what it calls safe havens for militants fighting Nato forces backing Afghanistan's government against the Taliban.
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta this month said Washington was reaching the end of its patience over the matter, but tempered those remarks in an interview with Reuters last week, saying both sides had to work at improving relations.
Islamabad rejects any US suggestion that it is allowing insurgents to operate in Pakistan, saying it will not allow its territory to be used against any country.
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What you sow is what u reap. Your handiwork in the eastern border is getting paid back in the west.
We are repeatedly told
A. There are no Taliban havens in Pakistan.
B. Taliban are very popular in Afghanistan.
C. Taliban are beating back NATO/ISAF.
If the NATO and Afghan forces can not protect themselves from these marauders, how can they protect some one else?
Ok so let me get this straight; We wan't Nato & Afghan forces to go after the Pakistani Taliban which are located in Afghanistan & they (NATO/Afghan forces) want us to go after the Afghan Taliban which is located is N.Waziristan? Hmm from what I see we can't really make demands here! If we wan't Nato to after after TTP fighters then we should go after the Haqqani network. it's only fair that way. give a little and take a little
Last time I checked Malakand was still in Pakistan. Taliban are Taliban whether they act in Pakistan or Afghanistan. All have drunk from the same source in Madrasa.
This is just a start of double game by Taliban.
It is very hard for the world to believe any statement made by the Pakistani military/ISI, let alone this story on terrorists crossing the border into Pakistan.
@ammar: let's be honest.. our missiles are useless..
oops reverse game is started get ready guys before our side was going there now they are coming here ? oops what will happened next Allah knows
My Grandfather was in the Army and he used to tell me that at every border post they have a group of people who are trained to spot and inform Any activity across the border so that action could be taken beforehand. This is known as Raiki. So why Our Army is failing right now and their border posts are not informing them before hand as a group of hundred people can be easily spotted. This raises serious questions for the Professionalism of Our Armed forces as well. Rather than Protesting first investigate that Why Our Forces Preemptive Command, Warn , Control and Engagement of the Enemy SOP ( Standard Operating Procedures) are so poor now a days.
@ammar
Why wait until "next time"? - you have plenty of militants living in the tribal territories - you don't have to wait until they inevitably cross the border.
next time militants enter pkistan pakistan should pound them with missiles