Nine militants were killed and two Frontier Corps personnel were injured in an encounter in district Qalat of Balochistan on Tuesday.
A spokesman of Frontier Corps in a statement said that the paramilitary force launched a search operation in Morgan Harboi area of district Qalat in which nine miscreants were killed in an exchange of fire. Two FC personnel were also injured in the shootout, the spokesman said.
The FC spokesman claimed that the militants were planning an attack on a PPL project and a FC checkpost. The FC personnel also captured weapons from the militants, he added.
