[DAWN] Pakistain summoned a senior Afghan diplomat on Wednesday and registered a protest over a skirmish during which Pak security forces foiled a krazed killer attack on a checkpost on the Pak-Afghan border.Military sources were quoted as saying that six attackers were killed and nine maimed during a cross-border krazed killer assault on a checkpost on the Pak-Afghan border in Lower Dir region which was repulsed by Pakistain's security forces late on Tuesday.
The officials, who requested anonymity, also said security along the Pakistain-Afghan border was beefed up to foil such attacks from Afghan territory.
Pakistain's Foreign Office in Islamabad summoned the Afghan charge d' affaires and lodged a strong protest with Afghanistan over the cross-border attack.
A Foreign Office statement said that Pakistain would be taking up the matter with the Afghan Government at a higher level in the broader context of enhancing security along the Pak-Afghan border.
Between 70-80 suspected bully boyz were involved in the cross-border attack on Pakistain military post in Upper Dir (between Tripaman and Inkal Sar) on Tuesday night, according to the statement released by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The statement added that seven attackers were killed and nine injured as the assault was successfully repulsed by Pakistain's military.
The details could not be independently verified as the access of media is severely restricted in the region.
Pakistain once again urged Afghanistan to take effective steps to stop the use of its territory for repeated cross-border fire and physical attacks by terrorists.
The Foreign Office statement said the country emphasised on the extension of all possible cooperation from the Afghan side and measures taken by Afghanistan to eliminate terrorist sanctuaries on its territory, at a time when Pakistain was undertaking a monumental effort against faceless myrmidons and their hideouts through the launch of operation Zarb-e-Azb
..the Pak offensive against Qaeda in Pakistain and the Pak Taliban in North Wazoo. The name refers to the sword of the Prophet (PTUI!)...
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Earlier in June this year the military launched a full-scale operation against Talibs in North
Wazoo tribal region, named as Zarb-e-Azb, following a brazen Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistain (TTP)-claimed attack on Bloody Karachi...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous...
's International Airport and failure of peace talks between government and Talibam nominated negotiators.
Pakistain has repeatedly asked Afghan authorities not to bully boyz fleeing from North Waziristan tribal region and to destroy krazed killer hideouts on its territory.