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Fourteen missing Pakistani soldiers traced
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan said on Thursday it had traced 14 soldiers who were among more than 50 reported missing after a weekend Taliban attack on their checkpoint.
Afghan authorities handed the troops to the Pakistani consulate in Jalalabad after they crossed the border into eastern Afghanistan, military spokesman Major General Athar Abbas said.
Fourteen soldiers have been handed over in Jalalabad consulate and they are being flown back to Pakistan, Abbas told AFP.
He said 11 had already returned while the rest remained missing.
Taliban militants attacked the soldiers' Gwar Pari post in Mohmand tribal district on Sunday, according to local administration and security officials.
A Taliban spokesman said its fighters killed seven soldiers and captured 10. But a security official Wednesday refused to confirm the Taliban claims, saying that we have not seen the bodies.AFP