Militants from Afghanistan attack on Pakistani villages

Up to 600 militants attacked two villages of Afghanistan, Pakistan on Wednesday, Pakistani officials said the latest raids and large-scale on civilians and security forces. Gunmen stormed the border villages and the arm of Nusrat Kharo in the Upper Dir, and fighting soldiers and militias loyal to the tribal government.

"According to reports from the two villages, and between 550-600 militants launched the attack at about 5 in the morning and fighting continued for several hours," said police official Abdul Sattar, told. Another official said four of the injured tribesmen loyal to the government who fought side by side with the forces in the attack.

Pakistan says killed more than 55 soldiers in several attacks across the border over the last month. The raids sparked tension between the two neighbors as they battle a long-term insurgency and Taliban militants have links with al Qaeda.


Pakistani Taliban fighters who fled to Afghanistan in the face of attacks by the army and joined the allies in Afghanistan to regroup and threaten the border areas of Pakistan once again, analysts say.

Afghanistan accuses Pakistan of harboring militants on its side of the border, leaving troops vulnerable to attack when anti chases them out of the tribal areas and Afghanistan.

Kabul has accused Pakistan in transforming the lives of tens of civilians in the weeks of shelling across the border, angering Afghans on the street level and senior officials alike.

Pakistan-based militants attacked a border outlaw is home to some militant groups in the world's most dangerous and which are inextricably linked and cross back and forth to carry out operations.Separately forces in another area of ​​North Waziristan tribal region on Wednesday. The intelligence officials said troops backed by helicopters killed three insurgents and wounded five in a gunbattle. Five soldiers were also injured.

The Pakistani Taliban step up attacks against the state after a warning they would avenge the killing of Osama bin Laden by U.S. special forces on May 2.

After the death of bin Laden, and repeated that the United States calls on Pakistan to take tougher action against militants, particularly those who cross into Afghanistan to attack Western troops.

The Pakistani military said on Monday it had launched an air and ground offensive against militants in the Kurram tribal region on the border with Afghanistan as well.