Security forces killed 13 militants in an operation in the Upper Orakzai Agency on Sunday. According to reports Iftikhar Firdous, the militants were killed after Gunship Helicopters targeted the strongholds of the militants, killing 13 and injuring seven militants, and destroying two hideouts. The fight against militancy in Orakzai has intensified since Friday when six paramilitary soldiers, including a senior officer were killed in a roadside bomb attack on a convoy of security forces in the restive tribal region. The convoy of paramilitary Frontier Corps (FC) was attacked with an improvised explosive device (IED) in the Yakh Kandaw area of Upper Orakzai Agency. Security forces had also killed 10 militants in the Upper Orakzai Agency earlier on Saturday.