Kalaya, Mar 12(ANI): Six militants were killed and three soldiers injured in a shootout in Pakistan's Orakzai tribal region on Saturday.
The shootout occurred as militants attacked a security check post in Orakzai's Ghaljo area, the Dawn reports.
Orakzai is one of the most lawless areas in the country's northwest tribal region, which consists of seven districts near the Afghan border.
Pakistan launched a major operation in Orakzai in March 2010, and later that year, military officials said lower Orakzai had been cleared of insurgents, but the militant threat persisted in some pockets of the upper part of the area.
Around 4,000 people have been killed in militant attacks in Pakistan since July 2007. (ANI)
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