14 missing Pak troops return

ISLAMABAD (AFP) 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.

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