TTP behead seven Pakistani soldiers: Military

[Fursan]

PESHAWAR: Pakistan said Monday that seven soldiers were beheaded by militants who infiltrated from Afghanistan, lashing out at Kabul over cross-border attacks.

The protests come with Pakistan under growing US pressure to act against al Qaeda-linked safe havens on its own soil and the anti-terror Islamabad-Washington alliance at its lowest ebb since the 9/11 attacks.

Pakistan already reported that six soldiers were killed in gunbattles with militants Sunday who crossed from Afghanistan into the northwestern district of Upper Dir, a key border transit route that neighbours the Swat valley where Pakistan defeated a local Taliban insurgency in 2009.

Intelligence officials blamed the attack on loyalists of Pakistani cleric Maulana Fazlullah, who fled to Afghanistan after losing control of Swat to the army.

But on Monday, the military said 11 soldiers had also gone missing, “out of whom seven soldiers have been reportedly killed and then beheaded”.

The bodies have not been found, but intelligence intercepts indicated that they had been killed, a senior military official told AFP in the northwest.

The army said more than 100 militants “from a safe haven across the border” attacked troops on patrol. It claimed to have killed 14 militants.

Pakistan said two rockets and sniper fire were also fired into Lower Dir on Monday.

The army “has strongly protested with their counterparts across the border for not taking action against miscreants present in safe haven in Afghanistan,” a military official said.

http://tribune.com.pk/story/398939/s...aded-military/

[awan4ever]

So where is the damned DPC now?

If the US kills our soldiers they run to block roads in protest but when these animals behead the same soldiers with blunt knives, video tape them and send them for their children to see all the nation just sleeps without raising a word??

[Mullah Omar]

So where is the damned DPC now?

If the US kills our soldiers they run to block roads in protest but when these animals behead the same soldiers with blunt knives, video tape them and send them for their children to see all the nation just sleeps without raising a word??

Should DPC hold rallies against every crime commited in Pakistan? There is a difference between US and a bunch of ragtag militants. Thousands of our soldiers have been martyred fighting these savages so it's clear we are raising more then just a word and acts of these savages doesn't change the fact that US is the bigger animal. It is because of US that Pakistan is in this position today.

[moazzamniaz]

کوئی بات نہیں، یہ تو اپنے ہی بچے ہیں. لڑائی کس گھر میں نہیں ہوتی

[awan4ever]

Should DPC hold rallies against every crime commited in Pakistan? There is a difference between US and a bunch of ragtag militants. Thousands of our soldiers have been martyred fighting these savages so it's clear we are raising more then just a word and acts of these savages doesn't change the fact that US is the bigger animal. It is because of US that Pakistan is in this position today.

The 'rag-tag' militants have killed more soldiers and civilians than the US has so it should elicit a bigger response. Atleast one big rally to denounce the acts. Or is that asking too much of the DPC momins?

[PkRevolution]

Kyani Sahb:

Chase them till Kabul and kill their roots there. If necessary use dirty bombs on these Basterds.

[lotaa]

bhai ye talban jo hain,aur in ko jo hamyet kartay hain,wo sab yahoodi nasal se hain,aur jab yahoodi in se kehtay hain jaloos nikalo ye nasl e yahood jaloos nikalti hay,i think jo b talban ki hamayet karta ahy,usay us se baat karna b insaniyat ki toheen hay,agar snake aur talban jaa rahay ho,tu plz snake ko baad mein maro,pehlay talban ko maro plz,

[biofilm]

Will they "apologies" or "sorry"?

[barca]

Will they "apologies" or "sorry"?

طالبان کو انگلش نہیں آتی

[littlemaster]

NATO containers.trallers from karachi till khabar pass moved almost untouched,westerenrs you can find in every shopping mall in islamabad and perhaps else where almost untouched but why solder and common dies on the hands of TTP??????????????????????????????????????????????? ?????????
if they are muslims why they bomb mosques/schools/kids??????????????????????????????????????????????
its TTP or BLACK WATER?

[Mullah Omar]

The 'rag-tag' militants have killed more soldiers and civilians than the US has so it should elicit a bigger response. Atleast one big rally to denounce the acts. Or is that asking too much of the DPC momins?

Look, DPC supports Pakistan army, the same army that is fighting these militants so there is no need to "denounce" the acts of those who we are already dealing with by force!

[Mullah Omar]

Will they "apologies" or "sorry"?

They are our declared enemies, we will not ask them for apology but destroy them with every opportunity we get.

[aq.inqalabi]

no political party making any cry ......... were these army personals not human ........... this is right now not the number1 news on pakistani media .......... the "thaikae daarane ghairat" are not blogging on this issue ........ even on siasat.pk this topic has not gone viral ............. y because so called afghani talibans have did this ..............

this is the Munafiqat of us n nothin else ................. ab shoro hojae mazhab kae nam nehad thaikaedaro merae khailaf bhokna per sach yahi hae k tum sab aur shayad ham bhi bahaisiat qaum munafiq hae ................aur munafiqo ka yahi haal hota hae to jo hamra hae ......

[Agarwal]

Seven Pakistani soldiers ‘beheaded’ by Afghan militants: military officials


—File Photo

PESHAWAR: The Pakistani military said Monday that seven soldiers had been beheaded by militants who infiltrated from Afghanistan, lashing out at Kabul over cross-border attacks.

The military had already reported that six soldiers were killed in gunbattles with militants Sunday who crossed from Afghanistan into the northwestern district of Upper Dir, a key border transit route that neighbours the Swat valley where Pakistan defeated a local Taliban insurgency in 2009.

Intelligence officials blamed the attack on loyalists of Pakistani cleric Maulvi Fazlullah, who fled to Afghanistan after losing control of Swat to the army.

But on Monday, a military official said 11 soldiers had also gone missing, “out of whom seven soldiers have been reportedly killed and then beheaded”.

The bodies have not been found, but intelligence intercepts indicated that they had been killed, said the senior military official.

The army said more than 100 militants “from a safe haven across the border” attacked troops on patrol. It claimed to have killed 14 militants.

Two rockets and sniper fire were also fired into Lower Dir on Monday, said the official.

Earlier, some reports had put the number of security personnel killed at 10, whereas another report said six were killed with 10 reported to be missing.

Updated reports put the total number of soldiers killed at 13, including the seven now reported to be beheaded in captivity.

Pakistan lodges protest

Pakistan lodged a protest with Nato and Afghan forces Monday, accusing them of failing to act against militant safe havens in Afghanistan, a military official said.

The army “has strongly protested with their counterparts across the border for not taking action against miscreants present in safe haven in Afghanistan,” said the military official.

The foreign ministry said the deputy head of Afghan mission was called to the Foreign Office and a strong protest was lodged on “the intrusion of militants from the Afghan side into Pakistani territory.” The Afghan diplomat was informed that “the government of Afghanistan should take appropriate measures to prevent recurrence of similar incidents in future,” it said.

The Pakistani prime minister on Monday also condemned the attacks and said he would discuss the matter with President Hamid Karzai.

“Pakistan has strongly protested with Afghanistan on the cross-border attacks and I will also take up this issue with Karzai,” Raja Pervez Ashraf told reporters in Karachi.

His office, however, did not elaborate on when such a conversation might take place.

Fazlullah Wahidi, governor of Kumar province, said militants were based in Pakistan, not Afghanistan. “We don’t have any information about militants crossing the border from Afghanistan to attack troops in Pakistan,” he said.

The Nato-led International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan said it was aware of the report, but had no information.

More attacks threatened


The Malakand faction of the Pakistan Taliban claimed responsibility of the incident, and has threatened more attacks.

“Our fight will continue until the establishment of sharia law in Pakistan … We will fight whoever tries to stand in our way,” Sirajuddin Ahmad, the faction’s spokesman, told Reuters.

Ahmad claimed the group had killed 17 Pakistani soldiers.

The Malakand, or Swat, Taliban are led by Maulvi Fazlullah, who was the Pakistan Taliban leader in the Swat Valley, about 100 miles northwest of Islamabad, before a 2009 army offensive forced him to flee.

Also known as FM Mullah for his fiery radio broadcasts, he regrouped in Afghanistan and established strongholds, according to the Pakistan military.

Fazlullah re-emerged as a threat last year, when his fighters conducted cross-border raids that killed around 100 Pakistani security forces, angering Pakistan, which faces threats from multiple militant groups.

[Agarwal]

Kyani Sahb:

Chase them till Kabul and kill their roots there. If necessary use dirty bombs on these Basterds.

"TO WHOM YOU ARE SAYING ALL THIS..........................Think prudently!

[aq.inqalabi]

[vicahmed99]

Kyani Sahb:

Chase them till Kabul and kill their roots there. If necessary use dirty bombs on these Basterds.

He doesn't have guts and balls.......otherwise master will remove him.

[awan4ever]

Look, DPC supports Pakistan army, the same army that is fighting these militants so there is no need to "denounce" the acts of those who we are already dealing with by force!

Denounce kernay say awam ko pata lagay ga what the DPCs agenda is besides shouting at the US alone.

[abedhussain]

kabul mein hijdo ki koi zarurat abtak mehsus nhin hoi jab hogi to afghan forces khod in gando hijdo ooh sorry army ko ghq goske mardegi

[casper]

kill the bastardsss with everythingavailable hot pursuit watever. ..bomb the shittt out of them