At least five persons were killed in clashes between (Aman Lashkar) volunteers of a pro-government tribal militia and militants in the Aka Khel area of Bara Tehsil of Khyber Agency.
Security officials said that a group of militants had attacked the peace lashkar volunteers at the Akakhel area of Bara early in the morning on Saturday, killing five members.
Security forces rushed to the spot and shifted to bodies and injured people to Agency Headquarter Hospital, they said.
Later, the peace lashkar went on a retaliation hunt and shot dead six militants.
Amn Lashkar is anti-Taliban militia of local residents of tribal areas, backed and armed by the government to encounter the terrorists in the region.
