MINGORA, Nov 11: Four militants and a girl were killed and several others wounded when security forces attacked militants’ positions in Swat’s Kabal area on Tuesday. Troops, backed by helicopter gunships and artillery, bombed hideouts in Kabal Khas, Akhund Kalley and Zwara areas. A curfew was enforced during the operation.

An ISPR spokesman, Colonel Nadeem, said four militants had been killed and two soldiers injured in the Kabal operation.

Taliban spokesman Muslim Khan claimed that two security personnel had been killed in the fighting.

Sources said a six-year-old girl died when a mortar shell landed near a house in Mohammad Baig area. A number of houses were destroyed in the shelling.