Forces kill eight cross-border attackers in Upper Dir

UPPER DIR: Pakistani security forces have killed at least eight of the scores of incursive militants, who came from across the Pakistan-Afghanistan border to invade the troops deployed at a...

AFP

June 28, 2012

Forces kill eight cross-border attackers in Upper Dir

UPPER DIR: Pakistani security forces have killed at least eight of the scores of incursive militants, who came from across the Pakistan-Afghanistan border to invade the troops deployed at a checkpost, Geo News reported.

According to military sources, the heavily militants from Afghanistan swooped upon the securitymen on Pakistani territory Wednesday evening only to meet a lightning fast retaliation, which forced them to retreat leaving behind eight of their comrades dead and a number of injured.