ISLAMABAD, June 21 (Xinhua) -- A clash between security forces of Pakistan and terrorists has left a military officer and a soldier killed, and two soldiers injured in Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, a military statement said on Sunday.
The terrorists fired at the troops when they were patrolling near the boundary of the tribal districts of North Waziristan and South Waziristan, the media wing of Pakistan's army, the Inter-Services Public Relations said in the statement.
"During encounter with terrorists, a terrorist was also killed," said the statement without mentioning the time of the attack.
Following the attack, security forces launched an operation in the area and destroyed a terrorist compound, the statement added.
No group or individual has claimed the attack yet.
The tribal areas used to be the hotbed of militancy, but after successful operations launched by the security forces, the number of terrorist attacks had been sharply reduced and peace had been restored in the areas, though sporadic attacks still happen in the area. Enditem
