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Scores of Pakistani soldiers have been abducted after an attack by Taliban militants on a check post in a northwest tribal area near the Afghan border. The Taliban claimed that at least 30 security officials have been abducted. Major General Athar Abbas said around 40 soldiers were believed to be missing during fighting with the Taliban militants, 5 of whom have been handed over to the Pakistani consulate in Jalalabad Afghanistan. He said that the search is underway for the remaining soldiers.Afghan authorities said 10 Pakistani soldiers, one of them wounded, had entered Kunar province over the past few days. We handed them to the Pakistan consulate in Jalalabad, Afghan border police commander Mohammad Afzal said.
