Islamabad | Jan 14
Islamic militants attempted to attack a Pakistani military base close to the Afghan border, sparking fighting that killed between 40 and 50 of the insurgents, the army said on Sunday.
Up to 300 militants staged the attack on Wednesday and early Thursday, but were repelled by artillery and small arms fire, the army said in a statement.
"Intelligence resources revealed the killing of (between) 40 and 50 militants,'' it said.
On Saturday, an army spokesman said the fighting had inflicted "heavy causalities" on the militants, but said he could not give a number. |
