Security personnel, five militants killed in NWA clash

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A security official was killed and another was injured when militants attacked a check post in Gharwayee area of Tehsil Datakhel in North Waziristan on Friday.

Officials claimed that five militants were also killed when security forces retaliated.

A group of armed militants attacked a check post in Ghurwayee area of Datakhel, officials in civil administration and security forces said on Friday evening. At the very outset of the attack, a soldier was killed and another was injured.

The official killed was identified as Waqas and injured was identified as Lance Naik Shafqat. They were airlifted to the Combined Military Hospital in Bannu.