Three security personnel and a number of murderous Moslems were also injured during the clash in lower Orakzai's Shirin Dara area, sources said, adding that the firefight lasted several hours.
This could not be independently verified as journalists have restricted access in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata).
Saturday's clash comes as the army is engaged in an offensive against local and foreign murderous Moslems in the northwestern tribal regions of North
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Wazoo and Khyber.Orakzai is one of Pakistain's seven semi-autonomous tribal regions in the area, where Pak Taliban and Al Qaeda-linked murderous Moslems are said to have carved out strongholds.