KOHAT: Five militants were killed in shelling by fighter planes in Akkakhel area of Darra Adamkhel on Saturday, official sources said.

An unspecified number of people were also injured in the air strike in the Frontier Region of Kohat.

Security forces had received information that some militants were trying to cross into Darra Adamkhel. Fighter jets spotted a caravan of militants and attacked it. Names of those killed or injured could not be ascertained.