Militants opened fire on a security post in northwest Pakistan late on Thursday, killing at least six personnel, the military said in a statement on Friday, saying it had foiled an attempt by the attackers to storm the premises.

Peshawar: Six security forces personnel were killed and 11 others injured in a terror attack on a security check post in the intervening night of Thursday and Friday in Pakistan's restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province bordering Afghanistan, officials said. Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has claimed responsibility for the attack.

This incident highlights a troubling trend of escalating violence in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where the TTP has been increasingly active.

At least 12 terrorists and six soldiers have been killed in two fierce encounters that took place in the restive northwestern Khyber Pakhunkhwa province of Pakistan, the ISPR said on Friday. The encounters occurred in North and South Waziristan districts,

The predawn clashes occurred in separate parts of the militancy-hit South Waziristan district near the border with Afghanistan

Six security forces personnel were killed and 11 others injured in a terror attack on a security check post in the intervening night of Thursday and Friday in Pakistan's restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province bordering Afghanistan,