Forces have the right to hit back foreign attackers: Asif

ISLAMABAD: Defence Minister, Khawaja Asif said on Friday that security forces have the right to retaliate against the attacks of foreign terrorists, Geo News reported.

In a statement issued here, the defence minister said that terrorists had killed Pakistani soldiers in a cowardly attack on security forces in North Waziristan and it was the right of the forces to hit back the aggressors.

"We would not cede our right to defend," Asif said