Four FC personnel 5 militants killed in ambush

PESHAWAR: Four soldiers and five militants were killed on Thursday in a gunbattle in Khyber tribal district along t

Published October 20, 2011 Updated October 20, 2011 10:45am

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By Asad Naeem

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The fighting erupted when Frontier Corps personnel (FC) launched a search operation in the Malik din Khel area of Khyber.

Mutahir Zeb, the top administrative official of Khyber, said militants from Lashkar-e-Islam were involved in the attack.

"Four FC personnel were killed and three were wounded. Five militants were also killed in the clash," Zeb told AFP by telephone, updating an earlier death toll of two soldiers.

A spokesman for the Frontier Corps confirmed the clash and the revised toll, and added that an army captain was among the dead.

Lashkar-e-Islam is the most active militant group in Khyber and led by feared warlord Mangal Bagh. It has loose ideological ties to the Taliban, but operates independently.

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