Four paramilitary soldiers were killed on Monday when militants attacked their convoy in Khyber Agency, officials said. 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 personnel,” Rehan Gul Khattak, a local administration official told AFP.
“The security forces fired back but the militants managed to escape,” he said. In the neighbouring Mohmand Agency, security forces said they killed four militants and injured 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 Pakistan forces and they retaliated,” said Maqsood Hassan, a local administration official. Security officials in Peshawar confirmed both incidents.
