Islamabad, Rabi Al-Akhir 29, 1432, April 03, 2011, SPA -- Fifteen militants were killed in operations by Pakistani armed forces against them in the tribal region bordering Afghanistan. Military sources explained that the armed forces responded to an attack by gunmen this morning on a military site near the town of Hangu, where the insurgent attack resulted in the death of an officer and wounding of two soldiers, while the armed forces shot dead eight insurgents in the encounter. The sources said that the armed forces killed seven gunmen in another operation carried out in the Valley of the Khyber Terra Province in response to the attack by militants on a military convoy yesterday, which resulted in the injury of eleven soldiers. --SPA 13:03 LOCAL TIME 10:03 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/879931