Two 'militants' killed in D.I. Khan.

DERA ISMAIL KHAN -- Two militants were killed during an encounter in Kiri Malang area of Kulachi tehsil of Dera Ismail Khan district after a police vehicle came under attack in the area, police sources said here on Wednesday.

A Kulachi police official said militants attacked a police mobile van on Takwara-Kulachi Road near Hathala, using an improvised explosive device (IED) planted on the roadside. As a result of the blast, the driver of the police mobile van, Mohammad Arshad, sustained injuries while the vehicle was also slightly damaged.

A joint search operation was launAched by the Kulachi police and security forces in the area to trace miscreants involved in the IED attack. The police sources said the alleged militants hiding in the bushes in the vicinity of Kiri Malang village ambushed the law enforcers with sophisticated weapons.

In retaliatory firing, they added, two terrorists identified as...