Militants kill four soldiers in Khyber

PESHAWAR: Four paramilitary soldiers were killed on Monday when militants attacked their convoy in the tribal district of Khyber.

The attackers opened fire on the paramilitary convoy in the Nala area, five kilometres west of Bara, the district headquarters of Khyber.

“The militants opened fire at the convoy when it passed from the area and killed four security persons,” Rehan Gul Khattak, a local administration official told AFP. “The security forces fired back but the militants managed to escape,” he said.

In Mohmand, security forces said they killed four militants and wounded five others who were later arrested, as the group tried to enter Pakistan from across the unmarked border in Afghanistan.

“Those who have been arrested were injured during the exchange of fire as the militants attacked Pakistani forces and they retaliated,” said Maqsood Hassan, a local administration official.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 15^th,  2011.