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Summary Lt Col Sheraz and Captain Islam are also among the dead.
The funeral prayer of the soldiers, who were killed in a clash with militants in Khyber Agency between Monday and Tuesday night, was held in Peshawar. Corps Commander Asif Yaseen Malik, Frontier Corps Inspector General, Major General Nadir Zeb and other top military and police officials participated. The dead bodies were sent to their respective areas for burial.According to sources, the militants attacked the security forces in Aka Khel area of Bara. A mortar shell exploded in the barrel when the forces responded the attack, as a result, 14 security personnel, including a lieutenant colonel and a captain, died.
