Troops kill 7 militants in Orakzai clash

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As many as seven militants were killed in a clash with security forces in the northwestern tribal region of Orakzai, NNI reported.
According to the media reports, the clash took place in Orakzai’s Dabori area and wounded two security men. Security sources said the military operation in the tribal region had been able to recover 92 percent of its area from the control of militants, however, pockets of resistance still existed in parts of Orakzai.
Meanwhile, unidentified miscreants blew up a government school with explosives in the Badhber area of Peshawar late Tuesday night, INP reported.
According to details, anti-literacy militants had planted explosives along the boundary wall of the Government Primary School for Boys. The school building was destroyed due to the blast but no causality or injury was reported as the building was vacant at the time of blast and situated away from the residential area.