Islamabad, Jan 15: At least 11 Pakistani security personnel were killed in a militant attack on a checkpost and a roadside bomb explosion in restive regions of the country, officials said today.
In the first incident, six security personnel were killed and 16 others injured when militants attacked a check post in the restive Khyber tribal region of northwest
Pakistan.
Militants attacked a check post in Shalobar area in Khyber Agency. State-run Radio Pakistan quoted officials as saying that six security personnel were killed and 16 others injured.
Security forces retaliated against the attack and forced the militants to retreat, the officials said. The reports said personnel of the Frontier Corps and
Khasadar militia were among those killed in the overnight clash.
The militants attacked the troops with heavy weapons that damaged one of the check posts.
