At least nine security personnel were killed on Monday in a suicide car-bomb attack on a checkpost in Swat, the military and security officials said. "Nine security personnel were killed and a couple more were slightly injured in a suicide attack," the military's media wing said. A suspected Taliban rammed his explosives-laden car into a small roadside checkpost in Madyan town in Swat, the official said.Separately, unidentified men blew up the house of Kooza Bandai Nazim Sher Afzal Khan with explosives. However, no casualty was reported, according to Online.
Meanwhile, the Munda station house officer, a constable and three guards sustained minor injuries in a remote-controlled blast in Lower Dir. The security forces halted a search operation in Kooza Bandai after 12 days.
In Darra Adam Khel, the security forces killed three people and arrested 28 others during an operation against Taliban in Abbas Chowk and Sikha Khel. A security forces personnel was also killed while another was injured when their vehicle hit a landmine in Darra Adam Khel.