The military's media wing, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), confirmed that the attack took place on Manozangal and Moukha top checkposts and was repulsed by security forces.
"In Bajaur region during the early morning today, faceless myrmidons from across the border fired on Pak border posts," said a military source. "Four soldiers were martyred and four are injured.
Sources said this was the third cross-border attack by hard boyz since May 25.
"This is the third incident of cross-border attacks and firing since May 25 from Afghanistan," said one source.
Moreover, intelligence sources suspect that Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistain (TTP) chief Mullah Fazlullah
...son-in-law of holy man Sufi Mohammad. Known as Mullah FM, Fazlullah had the habit of grabbing his FM mike when the mood struck him and bellowing forth sermons. Sufi suckered the Pak govt into imposing Shariah on the Swat Valley and then stepped aside whilst Fazlullah and his Talibs imposed a reign of terror on the populace like they hadn't seen before, at least not for a thousand years or so. For some reason the Pak intel services were never able to locate his transmitter, much less bomb it. After ruling the place like a conquered province for a year or so, Fazlullah's Talibs began gobbling up more territory as they pushed toward Islamabad, at which point as a matter of self-preservation the Mighty Pak Army threw them out and chased them into Afghanistan...
-led hard boyz based in Kunar and Nuristan along with factions based in Bajaur and Mohmand tribal areas may be involved in the cross-border attacks along with what they described as foreign elements.
Soon after the attack, the Pak foreign office condemned the attack and said it had raised the issue with the Afghan government in Kabul and with the country's embassy in Islamabad.
"This matter has been raised with the Afghan government in Kabul and with their Embassy in Islamabad," said a statement from the foreign office. "Afghanistan must take concrete steps to stop the use of its territory against Pakistain."
Bajaur agency sits directly across Afghanistan's Kunar province
... which is right down the road from Chitral. Kunar is Haqqani country.....
where a large number of suspected hard boyz who had fled operations in Swat
...a valley and an administrative district in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province of Pakistain, located 99 mi from Islamabad. It is inhabited mostly by Pashto speakers. The place has gone steadily downhill since the days when Babe Ruth was the Sultan of Swat...
and Bajaur have been living for the last few years. These people have in the past launched similar cross-border attacks.
Rooters adds: Pakistain launched its first major ground offensive in years against faceless myrmidons near the Afghan border on May 22 after several rounds of government-led peace talks ended in failure.
Afghanistan claims hundreds of rockets and bombs have landed in Afghan villages close to the border since the offensive began 11 days ago.
Last month, Pakistain lodged a formal complaint with Afghanistan after a military post in Bajaur came under heavy attack from suspected Taliban fighters
Legume, I suspect those are -- duck! -- Taliban fighters!
Inspector! How do you do it?
, killing one soldier.
The attacks on Wednesday come days after the Pak Taliban split into two groups, limiting the government's chances of finding a negotiated settlement to end the insurgency.
The breakaway group is said to be in favour of peace talks with the government while the main insurgency has announced that it will continue attacks against government and security targets.