KOHAT: Thirteen terrorists and a soldier were killed in fierce clashes between security forces and the Taliban in Shahu Khel area of Hangu on Sunday.

Sources said that seven security personnel were injured.

Troops destroyed 17 installations, including a communications tower, an FM radio station and a training camp, of Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan in Kasha and Darha Darh Mamozai areas in the Upper Orakzai agency.

Troops, the sources said, were now targeting militants’ hideouts in other part of Shahu Khel situated in Upper Orakzai from the Shahu Khel area in Hangu.

Reports reaching from the area said that the Taliban had stopped all tribesmen living in the Upper Orakzai from going to other areas because they planned to use them as human shield.

The sources said that security forces would take several days to capture Shahu Khel area of Orakzai which was a stronghold of the Taliban.