ISLAMABAD, Jan. 6 (Xinhua) -- One soldier was killed and four others injured after militants ambushed an army contingent in Pakistan's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, security sources said on Monday.
The incident occurred on Sunday at about 6:00 p.m. local time (1300 GMT) when troops were traveling from a military fort to a nearby post in Kurram district, the sources told Xinhua.
During the attack, one soldier was killed on the spot while four others sustained injuries, the sources said, adding that the injured were shifted to a nearby military facility for medical treatment.
Security forces cordoned off the area after the attack and launched a search operation to trace the assailants, the sources said.
No group has so far claimed responsibility for the attack. ■
