A security checkpost was attacked by heavily armed militans in South Waziristan ersulting in a two-hou-long unbattle which resulted in the killing of one security personnel and injuring another.   — File Photo

SOUTH WAZIRISTAN: An ambush by heavily armed militants on a security checkpost in South Waziristan killed one security personnel whereas another was injured, DawnNews reported on Sunday.

The exchange of gunfire reportedly lasted for two hours, according to security sources and local residents had been ordered out of the area in order to conduct an operation against militants.