Militants targeted an army post in Pakistan’s northwestern tribal belt near the Afghan border, killing a soldier in a firefight overnight, Pakistan’s military said.
The attack took place in the Shewa area of the district of North Waziristan in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the army said in a statement Saturday.
According to The Associated Press, no group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack.
The military said that during an intense exchange of gunfire a soldier was killed.
It said a search of the area was being carried out to find the militants. No additional details were released.
North Waziristan served as a militant stronghold for decades.
The military carried out a full-fledged offensive in the region after an army run school was attacked in December 2014 in the provincial capital of Peshawar. The attack killed more than 150 people, mostly schoolchildren.
