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| Dozens of Pakistani troops 'captured by the Taliban' |
| 2010-06-17 |
| The Afghan Taliban says it has captured dozens of Pakistani soldiers after attacking their checkpoint in a cross-border raid. Pakistani security sources confirm some troops are missing. The Taliban says it is holding up to 40 Pakistani troops after its raid in the Mohmand tribal area on Monday. Afghan officials said eight soldiers had been handed over to the Pakistani consulate in Jalalabad, but Pakistan's army said it had no knowledge of this. Checkpoint 'over-run' The BBC's M Ilyas Khan says that while attacks by the Taliban on border check posts are relatively routine, it is unusual for Pakistani soldiers to be held by the militants in Afghanistan. A Taliban spokesman told the BBC that it was in fact holding Pakistani troops on both sides of the border after Monday's attack. It said 30 soldiers were being held in Afghanistan and 10 in Pakistan. The Taliban says it captured the soldiers after over-running the checkpoint. Local officials in the Mohmand area confirmed to the BBC that about 40 soldiers were unaccounted for. Pakistani security sources said on Monday an undisclosed number of troops were missing. An Afghan army commander in Jalalabad told the BBC that 10 Pakistani soldiers had been handed over to the Pakistani consulate, although the Pakistani army said it was not aware of this. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Captured or volunteers? |
| Posted by: Paul2 2010-06-17 13:12 |
| #1 "The Frontier Corps troops disappeared from the Mohmand tribal region" - from different article but sounds like the same event. I guess it wasn't Ahmad Fife's day to be issued the bullet. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2010-06-17 07:34 |