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Troops called in helicopter gunships to help push back the militant fighters, said Major Fazl Ur Rehman, a spokesman for the Frontier Corps security force.
The fighting - which also wounded 12 soldiers -ended by dawn today.
The clashed in the Mohmand tribal area showed that insurgents in the region retain significant ability to co-ordinate and mount complex assaults, despite multiple military offensives against Taliban and al Qaida fighters in Pakistan's north-west.
Mohmand has been a trouble spot for years and the focus of multiple army operations. Its border location makes it a valuable transit point for insurgents seeking to travel to Afghanistan, where US and Nato forces are fighting.
Also today, a remote-controlled bomb rigged to a bike exploded on the outskirts of Quetta city in south-western Pakistan, killing a police officer and wounding five more, police official Hamid Shakil said.
Quetta is the capital of Baluchistan province, where a long-running insurgent movement that wants greater autonomy for the region has at times targeted security officials.
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