Dozens of heavily armed Taliban militants attacked a Pakistani military post on Tuesday, sparking clashes that killed seven soldiers and wounded another 10, the military said.
The fighting took place in the same Jogi area as clashes that killed six soldiers on January 25 in the district of Kurram.
After those clashes, security forces had claimed to have taken control.
A senior military official told AFP that “more than 300 Taliban attacked” the checkpost at around midnight in central Kurram.
Pakistani security forces retaliated and killed around 25 militants, but seven soldiers were also killed and 10 others wounded, the official said.
“Heavy fighting continued until this morning,” the military official said.
Local administration official Sher Bahadur confirmed the military deaths but put the number of wounded paramilitary at 12.
