According to official sources, the militants attacked the security check post at the Tyarza Gate and the forces retaliated.

Security forces also pounded militant hideouts with heavy artillery in Srwakai, Maula Khan Sarai and Kothki areas.

Earlier, one security man was killed and two injured in an attack on a security check post in South Waziristan’s Daray Nashtar area.

Militants attacked the check post with heavy weapons, resulting in a fierce retaliation by the army after they tracked the militants back to their hideouts