Islamabad, March 14 -- Ten terrorists were killed in a security check post attack in Pakistan's northwest Tank district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the media wing of the Pakistan Army, said in a statement on Thursday.
The attempt to enter the check post was effectively thwarted by security forces personnel, which forced the terrorists to ram an explosive-laden vehicle into the perimeter wall, the ISPR statement said.
The terrorists were effectively engaged, and after an intense fire exchange, all ten terrorists, including a suicide bomber, were killed outside the perimeter wall of the post, it added.
A clearance operation is being carried out to eliminate the presence of other terrorists fr...