Eleven militants, five Lashkar men killed in clash

GHALANAI: Eleven militants and five members of an anti-Taliban Lashkar were killed in a fierce gun battle in Khwaizai tehsil in Mohmand tribal region on Sunday morning.
According to official sources, a group of militants attacked the residence of the pro-government chief of the local peace committee in Khwaizai at about 2am. The attack was repulsed by the Lashkar and the clash ended at around dawn.The sources said that Malak Ajmal, the chief of the peace committee, suffered serious injuries and was taken to the agency headquarters hospital in Ghalani where he died. Four men of the Lashkar were killed and seven are missing.During the clash 11 militants, a key local commander among them, were killed and seven injured.Both sides used heavy weapons during the clash and security forces also pounded militants’ positions with artillery from Ghalani.
In Spinki Tangi area, a child and two women suffered injuries when an artillery shell fell on a house.