QUETTA: Two personnel of the Taftan Levies were kidnapped in an attack by a criminal gang at a checkpoint in Noshki on Monday morning, and were later rescued by security forces after a clash which left one gang-member dead. "More than 10 men on six motorcycles attacked Gilangoor Check Post at 4am. They surrounded the checkpoint and injured two soldiers, Ghulam Rabbani and Ghulam Nabi, before kidnapping levies risaldars Haji Safar Khan and Ghulam Mustafa and leaving," one levies official said. "Local administration officials and personnel of the Frontier Corps soon arrived at the scene." He said that the security forces chased the attackers and caught up with them in Sarband. One of the attackers was killed in the ensuing clash while another was captured, he said. The security forces also rescued the kidnapped personnel, he said. "The killed militant, Safar Khan, was wanted in more than 50 cases," said Pasand Khan Buledi, the Noshki district administrative officer.