PESHAWAR: Pakistani security forces on Thursday repulsed an attack on the Pak-Afghan border in the Mohmand tribal region, killing two attackers.

Official sources said suspected militants from across the Pak-Afghan border attacked two security check posts in the Isakhel area near the Kaghki Pass.

Security forces repulsed the attack killing two suspected militants whose bodies were taken away by their accomplices.

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.


Two soldiers injured in Swat's Matta


In a separate incident in Matta tehsil of Swat, two security personnel were injured in a suspected militant attack.

Security forces launched a search operation and also imposed a curfew in the area.

Swat lies in Pakistan northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and has undergone a military operation in 2009 which was aimed at ridding the region of militancy.

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