Security official killed, two others injured in attack on checkpost in Mohmand Agency

Official says militants attacked checkpost near Pak-Afghan border

SHABQADAR: A security official was killed and two others injured as militants attacked a security checkpost in Mohmand Agency's Sheikh Baba area late on Wednesday.

"Militants attacked the checkpost late Wednesday night near the Pak-Afghan border," a political administration official confirmed.

"One official died, while two others were injured in the attack," he added.

The injured were airlifted to Peshawar early Thursday morning. Meanwhile, a search operation is underway around the Afghan border area.



Pakistan Army launched an offensive, Zarb-e-Azb, in North Waziristan in mid-June last year to purge the erstwhile stronghold of homegrown Taliban militants and their foreign cohorts. According to an official tally released on the first anniversary of the offensive, 2,700 militants have been killed and many more wounded in combat.



Most parts of the agency have been cleansed of militants, while troops are now closing in on the remaining militants holed up in Shawal Valley on the Pak-Afghan border. Hundreds of thousands of tribesmen displaced by fighting have started returning to their homes in North Waziristan under the government supervision.