Pakistan asks Afghanistan to probe links to attack that killed 23 soldiers

Pakistan has protested to Afghanistan's Taliban regime over the killing of 23 soldiers in an attack on a military base, demanding action against the perpetrators, Islamabad said as it grapples with security challenges ahead of elections next year. Pakistan's foreign office summoned Kabul's envoy over the attack, it said in a statement on Tuesday, asking for the Taliban administration to "fully investigate and take stern action against the perpetrators of the recent attack". The ministry did not say whether an Afghan national was involved in the base camp attack.