Six people were killed in an overnight clash between more than a hundred Islamist militants and security forces in Peshawar, police said on Friday.
Police and paramilitary troops retaliated after the militants attacked a checkpoint on the outskirts of the city, leaving three militants and three security officials dead.
“More than 100 militants attacked a checkpost 10 kilometres west of Peshawar at midnight and injured nine security persons,” Muhammad Yamin Khan, a senior police official told AFP.
“We repelled the attack and killed three militants. The fight continued for more than two hours and three security persons later died in hospital,” he said.
Another senior police official Imtiaz Altaf confirmed the clash and number of casualties.
