ISLAMABAD, March 17 (Xinhua) -- Pakistan army said Friday that at least three security men and eight terrorists were killed in two incidents in the country's northwest.
The military spokesman giving details of the incidents said that two security personnel and six terrorists were killed in clashes along the Afghan border.
The army spokesman said that terrorists from across the Pak-Afghan border attempted physical attacks on a Pakistan post of Frontier Corps in Khyber tribal agency. Frontier Corps or FC are responsible for the security of border with Afghanistan.
"Pakistani troops effectively responded. six terrorists killed. In exchange of fire two FC soldiers embraced shahadat (martyrdom)," the spokesman said in a statement.
There was no claim by any militant group. The outlawed Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan and splinter Jamaat-ul-Ahrar groups had previously been involved in attacks on border posts. Pakistani security officials say that the armed groups operate from the Afghan side of the border.
In another incident, a suicide bombers' bid to attack a FC Training center in the northwestern town of Shabqadar in Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa province was foiled early Friday, the military said.
Two suicide bombers and a security man were killed in the clashes. One security man was injured and operation in the area is in progress to apprehend facilitators of the attackers, an army statement said.
