5 troops killed as militants attack Pakistan checkpost
ISLAMABAD. March 26. KAZINFORM. Taliban militants in a pre-dawn attack on a security checkpost in a Pakistani tribal region killed five soldiers and injured several others on Friday, security sources said; Kazinform refers to China Daily.
Sources said that the security forces launched counter attacks and killed at least 25 militants at Kayala checkpost in Orazkai.
There had been no independent confirmation of the casualties.
The security forces have started limited air strikes in Orakzai, the stronghold of the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). Officials said that a large number of militants fled from South Waziristan have arrived in Orakzai agency.
On Thursday, jet fighters bombed a militants-linked religious seminary and a school in Orakzai agency and killed at least 11 militants, bringing death toll of the militants to 60, officials said; Kazinform cites China Daily. See www.chinadaily.com.cn for full version.