Map showing the location of Dir District (highlighted in yellow) within the North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) of Pakistan. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
Military officials say at least 11 of the attackers were also killed in the firefight, which lasted 40 minutes in the Soni Darr area of Upper Dir district.
A Taliban spokesman, Saruj ul-Haq of the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in Malakand area, took credit for the attack in a phone call to Radio Mashaal.
The attacks were the latest in a series of cross-border assaults from regions in eastern Afghanistan where U.S. troops began pulling out last year.
from RFE/RL
June 25, 2012
Based on reporting by CNN, Dawn, and RFE/RL's Radio Mashaal
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