ISLAMABAD, Sept 20 (AFP): A soldier and three militants have been killed in fighting in restive northwestern Pakistan near the Afghan border, the military said on Saturday.
The four were killed in an exchange of fire in the Boya area of North Waziristan tribal district, the military said in a statement to the media.
"Three terrorist were killed, a naib subedar (junior officer) of Pakistan Army also embraced Shahadat (martyrdom) in exchange of fire with terrorists," the statement said.
The Pakistani Taliban, meanwhile, confirmed the military had killed one of its commanders, but did not specify when.
"Commander Mohammad Hassan embraced martyrdom while fighting against the Pakistani soldiers," Shahid Ullah Shahid, spokesman for the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), told AFP.
"Hassan was also fighting against NATO troops in Afghanistan and was recently released from Kabul prisons where he spent a couple of months," Shahid said.
He added that Pakistani Taliban chief Maulana Fazlullah led funeral prayers for the slain commander.
Soldier, three militants killed in Pak clash
FE Team | Published: September 21, 2014 00:00:00 | Updated: November 30, 2026 06:01:00
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