GHALANAI: Four militants who crossed over into Pakistan from Afghanistan were killed in a clash with security personnel in the Khewezai tehsil of Mohmand Agency early on Friday morning, the Frontier Corps (FC) said.

An FC statement said that after crossing the Pak-Afghan border the four men had reached the Sur Gat area of Khewezai tehsil when they were confronted by an FC contingent patrolling the area at about 1am.

In the gunfight that followed, all the four militants were killed, the statement said. They were suspected of having entered Pakistan with the aim of carrying out terrorist attacks.

An official said the security personnel moved the militants’ bodies to a hospital in the agency headquarters, Ghalanai. The bodies were later buried in a local graveyard, he said. All the slain men seemed to be Afghans, he said.

Published in Dawn, May 28th, 2016

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