The security forces had launched an operation on the intelligence reports about the presence of militants in the area, according to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR).
After the Taliban closed the main trading and border crossing points, the Torkham gate, the Islamic Emirate forces and Pakistani border guards engaged in a gun battle, leaving one guard injured.
Gaurav Abhijit Dilip, Superintendent of Police of Tinsukia district told ANI that, one ULFA-I militant was killed during the gun battle on Wednesday between the militants and security forces.
Taking to Twitter, Pakistani journalist Roohan Ahmad said that there was an intense gun battle between the security personnel and "militants" in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Bannu area.
Noida (Uttar Pradesh) [India], October 3 (ANI): In what could be termed a dramatic turn of events, police in Greater Noida on Monday foiled a kidnapping and extortion bid after an encounter, rescuing the child in less than 24 hours.
Ramallah [Palestine], August 16 (ANI): At least four Palestinian suspects were killed in a gun battle with Israeli security forces in the northern West Bank city of Jenin in the predawn hours of Monday morning, Time of Israel citing Palestinian media reported.
New Delhi [India], July 27 (ANI): Four additional companies of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) have been deployed at the Assam-Mizoram border disputed site where five cops of Assam Police died in a fierce gun battle between the forces of the two states.
Waziristan [Pakistan], June 21 (ANI): Two Pakistan soldiers were killed during an exchange of fire with terrorists in Waziristan, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR ) said on Sunday.
Shopian (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], July 27 (ANI): Two Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terrorists including one from Pakistan were eliminated in a gun battle with security forces at Bonbazar area in Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday.
Kupwara (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], May 16 (ANI): An encounter broke out between terrorists and security forces in Kupwara district in North Kashmir on Thursday.
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Apr 29 (ANI): The father and two brothers of Zahran Hashim, the suspected mastermind of the gruesome coordinated terror Easter Sunday blasts in Sri Lanka, were killed in Friday's overnight gun battle between troops and suspects in the eastern Ampara district, the poli