Afghan soldiers flee attack, cross border: Pakistan army

 Army statement says 46 members of Afghan forces, including five officers, cross border near Pakistani town of Chitral in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

Afghan forces deployed at Torkham border point between Afghanistan and Pakistan in Nangarhar province, Afghanistan [Anadolu Agency]

Dozens of Afghan soldiers have slipped across the border into northwestern Pakistan after their border post was overrun, apparently by the Taliban, the Pakistani army says.

A statement by the Pakistani army on Monday said 46 members of the Afghan forces, including five officers, crossed the border late on Sunday near the Pakistani border town of Chitral in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.