Troops resist Taliban attack

PAKISTANI troops repulsed a Taliban attack on a checkpoint close to the Afghan border yesterday in fighting that killed six soldiers and 25 insurgents, the military said.

The attack occurred in the Bara area of Khyber, a tribal region home to a main supply route for troops across the border.

A statement from Pakistan’s paramilitary Frontier Corps said the attackers used several suicide car bombs, but that soldiers fought back, destroying the vehicles during the clash. At least 15 soldiers also were wounded in the attack, the statement said.