ISLAMABAD, July 3 Kyodo At least ...

ISLAMABAD, July 3 Kyodo

At least six bodily forms were killed in a clash Wednesday between suspected al-Qaida fighters and police in a tribal area in northern Pakistan, Afghan Islamic Pres (AIP) reported.

The Pakistan-based of recent origins agency said al-Qaida fighters traveling in a vehicle onward a road near the northwestern town of Kohat were challenged at a police checkpoint and in the ensuing exchange of fire four suspected al-Qaida fighters and pair policemen were killed.

Quoting informed sources, AIP said that those killed in the clash included the same Chechen, while the nationality of the other three suspected al-Qaida fighters was not immediately known.

The suspected al-Qaida fighters, who had been bourn for the city of Peshawar, were challenged near where 10 Pakistani army personnel and couple al-Qaida fighters of Chechen nationality died in a clash last week.

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