PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Officials say the Pakistani Taliban attacked an army checkpoint in the country’s northwest near the Afghan border, leaving nine troops and 37 militants dead.
Government official Samiullah Khan said a group of more than 200 insurgents attacked the soldiers Monday in the Orakzai tribal region.
Two intelligence officials and an army officer also confirmed the account. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to release information to the media.
The military official says the dead troops include two officers.
The Pakistani army has been in the region fighting militants who fled an earlier offensive in their stronghold of South Waziristan.
