Six militants killed in NW Pakistan

Six militants were killed in a skirmish with the security forces in Pakistan's northwest on Thursday, local TV channel reported.

The clash took place when the militants attacked a security checkpoint in Akhoral area of Kohat, North West Frontier Province (NWFP), the private TV ARY News reported.

In retaliation six militants were killed and five army personnel wounded.

Security forces conducting search and clearance operations in the volatile northwest are often attacked by armed militants.

Three Frontier Constabulary soldiers and two policemen were killed in an attack by militants on a security check-post in Speen Qabar village on the boundary between the provincial capital Peshawar and the Khyber tribal agency in the wee hours of Wednesday.

Source:Xinhua