Cross-border attack on FC check-post in Mohmand Agency foiled

Four militants killed

GHALLANAI: Four suspected militants were killed when security forces of Pakistan foiled a cross-border militant attack on an FC checkpost in the Khwezai Baizai subdivision near the Pak-Afghan border in Mohmand Agency, officials sources said on Friday.

They said the militants were coming to stage an attack in the Pakistani territory when they were targeted by security forces personnel patrolling the area. The soldiers seized the weapons and ammunition of the slain militants, whose identity couldn't be known. It may be mentioned that Pakistani militants operating from Afghanistan often stage cross-border attacks in Pakistan's territory.

Many civilians and personnel of security forces have been killed and injured in such attacks in recent years. The militants have also suffered casualties in these encounters.