Taliban attack kills Pakistani soldier: officials

PESHAWAR: Taliban militants killed a Pakistani soldier and wounded two others in the latest cross-border attack in Peshawar, security officials said Monday.

The incident took place late Sunday when a group of militants armed with rocket launchers attacked a paramilitary Frontier Corps patrolling party in Pakistan's northwestern Upper Dir district along the Afghan border.

"One soldier was killed and two were wounded in the attack," a Pakistani official, who requested anonymity, told AFP. "Our troops retaliated and repulsed the attack. Four militants were killed during exchange of fire."

Another security official in Peshawar said around a dozen Taliban militants were involved in the attack.

Copyright AFP (Agence France-Presse), 2011