MINGORA, Dec 2: One soldier, six militants and six civilians were killed and several others wounded in an exchange of fire and shellings in Swat valley on Tuesday.

According to the government media centre, the soldier was killed when militants ambushed a convoy in Deolai area of tehsil Kabal early in the morning. The soldier was identified as Shaukat.

The Inter Services Public Relations said that six militants were killed when helicopter gunships shelled their positions.

Six non-combatants, four of them members of a family, were killed and several others injured when some shells hit a civilian area. In Sar Senai area of tehsil Kabal a man was shot dead by suspected militants.