Search operation: Security official killed, 6 injured

Security forces launched an operation against the militants, in which their hideouts were destroyed.

DERA ISMAIL KHAN: A security official was killed and six others were injured during a search operation in Ladh tehsil, South Waziristan Agency on Thursday, a security official told The Express Tribune. According to the official, security forces backed by jet planes launched an operation in the Pasthi and Manzai areas of Ladh tehsil, against the militants, in which their hideouts were destroyed, but the casualties of the militants could not be ascertained.

Published in The Express Tribune, June 22^nd, 2012.