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Sunday, August 26, 2012
Afghan terrorists ambush Pakistani checkpost againPESHAWAR: Afghan terrorists ambushed a Pakistani security forces checkpost in Mohmand Agency, which was retaliated by Pakistan Army, however no casualties were reported.
According to military officials, Afghan terrorists attacked the Pakistani checkpost in Olai border area of Tehsil Baizai in Mohmand Agency near the Pak-Afghan border. The security forces fired 44 mortars shells in retaliation to the 22 mortars fired by the insurgents; however, no loss of lives was reported from both sides, sources said. Pakistan and Afghanistan have blamed each other for cross-border attacks in the past, which have become a source of tension between the two countries. On April 2, dozens of Pakistani soldiers were killed after Afghan terrorists attacked an army checkpoint close to the Afghan border.
Islamabad has protested to Kabul and NATO forces deployed in Afghanistan against the cross-border attacks on Pakistani posts saying that further attacks could damage relationships between two countries. Pakistan had also previously complained about Pakistani Taliban fighters using Afghanistan as a base to stage such attacks. But Afghanistan and the US say that the Afghan Taliban operate within Pakistan's borders to plan attacks on Western forces in Afghanistan, something that Pakistan denies. online
Courtesy www.dailytimes.com.pk