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36 Pakistani troops, cops killed in cross-border raid
CHITRAL, Pakistan: Several hundred militants from Afghanistan launched a pre-dawn cross-border raid on Pakistani paramilitary posts on Saturday, killing up to 36 people, government and security officials said.
Looks like the 'mighty Pak army' took one on the chin...
Soldiers of the Chitral Scouts and police were among the dead in the string of attacks that began with an assault on paramilitary check posts in the border village of Arandu in the Chitral district just across from Afghanistan's Nuristan province.

"Reportedly, terrorists from Swat, Dir and Bajaur organized by Fazullah and Maulvi Faqir Mohammad with local Afghans have attacked the security forces posts," a military statement said, referring to northwestern Pakistani regions and senior Pakistani Taleban commanders.

Many Pakistani Taleban fighters fled to Afghanistan in the face of army offensives and have joined allies there to regroup and threaten Pakistani border regions, analysts say.
Did they flee or did they just kiss the wimmins goodbye and tell them that they'd be back after vacation and a few training seminars?
A senior Chitral Scouts official, Haroon Rasheed, said 26 soldiers and 10 border police were killed.
So much better when these attacks occur at the border instead of Swat or Islamambad..
Twenty militants were also reportedly killed when up to 300 insurgents attacked seven military check posts, the military statement said. There was no independent verification of the militant death toll. The military statement put the security forces death toll at least 25.

Troops blew up two bridges in the border region to stem the militants' incursion.

"Scanty presence" of NATO and Afghan forces along the border has enabled militants to use these areas as safe havens and launch repeated attacks inside Pakistan, the military said.
Posted by: Steve White 2011-08-28
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