Security Forces Clash: Seven militants killed in Chitral

Col. Jadoon says the five injured soldiers have been airlifted to a hospital in Timergara in Lower Dir District.

PESHAWAR: At least seven militants were killed and five security men injured in a clash when Taliban militants attacked a security check post in Chitral. Commandant Chitral Scouts, Colonel Nasir Jadoon told APP that Taliban militants targeted a border post of Chitral Scouts at Ursoon area with mortar shells from Nooristan province of Afghanistan. Five members of Chitral scouts were injured in the gun battle, he added. The soldiers immediately returned fire after the attack and killed seven of the militants. Col. Jadoon said the five injured soldiers have been airlifted to a hospital in Timergara in Lower Dir District.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 3^rd, 2011.