One soldier was killed and three others were injured in an exchange of fire with militants in Janikhel subdivision of Bannu District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on December 3, reports Dawn. One wanted militant, Hanif Ullah, was also killed in the gun battle. Hanif Ullah had affiliation with the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (Akhtar Mohammad group). The dead soldier was identified as Shah Rukh while three others — Bilal, Mohammad Ramzan and Mohammad Kamran — received injuries. Arms and ammunitions were recovered from the hideout.