Pakistani minister: Taliban issued demarche over Chitral attack

Pakistan has issued a demarche to the Taliban authority in Islamabad over the Chitral attack that left several Pakistani soldiers dead and wounded earlier this week.

“Pakistan registered a strong protest over the incident, summoned the [Taliban] charge d’affaires in Islamabad yesterday, and handed over a protest note (demarche) to him,” The Pakistani Interim Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilan told the press on Saturday.