PESHAWAR: Three security personnel have been killed and two others injured after militants attacked security forces in Baizai Tehsil of Mohmand Agency.

Official sources told Dawn.com that the exchange of fire took place in Yari Khel area of Baizai Tehsil in Mohmand Agency.

The military have also confirmed that three security personnel died in the attack in Baizai and that they belonged to the Swat Scouts.

Mohmand is one of Pakistan’s seven tribal agencies near the Afghan border which are rife with homegrown insurgents and are said to be strongholds of Taliban and al Qaeda operatives.

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