Islamabad - Paramilitary troops killed at least 15 Islamist militants in the troubled north-western tribal region close to the Afghan border, the military and officials said on Sunday.
Fifteen rebels were killed in a raid by the Frontier Corps (FC) soldiers on a militant stronghold in Darwazgai area of Mohmand tribal district, according to an FC statement.
One security official had died in the operation, the statement said.
The intense gunfights took place on Saturday as the security forces moved to take out militant positions in the area, a local intelligence official told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa on phone.
The official said the fighting stopped shortly after the nightfall.
Islamabad - Pakistan on Monday closed a crucial overland route for supplies to US and NATO troops in Afghanistan, following a pre-dawn attack on a paramilitary camp in the troubled north-western Khyber tribal region, officials said.
Islamabad, Jan 19: The Pakistani team probing the Mumbai terror attacks is likely to demand access to lone surviving terrorist Ajmal Amir Kasab to question him on his suspected links with Pakistan-based banned militant outfits, a senior official privy to the investigations, has said.
Islamabad, Jan 19: The banned terror outfit, Laskhar-e-Tayyaba (LeT), has announced that it would support a peaceful and democratic struggle to liberate Kashmir.
Islamabad, Jan. 18 : The increasing influence of the Taliban, and other extremists groups in the tribal region, and especially in the Swat valley in Pakistan, reaffirms the Taliban ambitions of running a parallel government in the country. 
