[The News (Pak) Top Stories] Fifteen men of an armed tribal Lashkar and three militants were killed when fierce clashes erupted in Fam Pokha and Kharai Darra areas of Ambar Tehsil in Mohmand Agency in the wee hours of Saturday.Sources said the militants attacked the armed men of tribal Lashkar of Utmankhel tribe in Fam Pokha area, killing 15 Lashkaris on the spot. Official sources put the death toll at 12. It was learnt that three Lashkaris were still missing.
Some of the slain Lashkaris were identified as Bacha Khan, Qabil Khan, Mullah Zar Wali, Ali Rehman, Masood Khan, Misal Khan, Hazrat Bacha, Gul Bacha, Lal Gul, Hazrat Shah and Taza Khan.
Also, the sources said three militants were killed and seven others sustained injuries in the pre-dawn clashes in Fam Pokha and Kharai Darra areas.
Official sources said the slain militants belonged to Dawezai area of the Mohmand Agency. However, their identity could not be established.
Meanwhile, security forces arrested a local militant commander, Fazal, of Qandaro area from the Nadra Centre in Ghallanai. The militant commander had come to make a computerised national identity card, but someone informed security forces about his presence. Fazal was apprehended and shifted to an unknown location for interrogation.