By Xinhua
Islamabad : Pakistani security forces killed 13 militants after they attacked a security check post in the country’s troubled tribal region bordering Afghanistan, the army said Tuesday.
Defence spokesman Major General Waheed Arshad said that some 70 militants carried out the attack Monday in northwestern Pakistan’s South Waziristan tribal region. He did not say if the forces suffered any casualty.
Violence in Pakistan’s northwestern tribal areas has escalated since the militants scrapped a peace accord with the government in mid-July. Militants intermittently attack security forces. Hundreds have died in the attacks.