'Pakistani Taliban attack kills up to 38 Afghans'

Up to 33 police and five civilians were killed in fighting after Taliban allegedly crossed over from Pakistan and attacked a remote region in eastern Afghanistan, an official said Wednesday. Nuristan provincial governor Jamaluddin Badr said about 40 rebels also died in the two days of clashes that followed weeks of tit-for-tat allegations of cross-border attacks that have fanned diplomatic tensions.
But the interior ministry contradicted the toll and said 12 policemen had died and another five were wounded.