Taliban fighters stormed a security check post in the tribal belt close to Afghan border killing six Pakistani soldiers. In a fierce battle that followed 25 militants were also killed. Official sources said in Peshawar that the battle took place in the Aurakzai Agency where security forces have stepped up a drive to flush out militants in the nearby South Waziristan. The troops have launched a number of raids on the Taliban hideouts for a past 48-hour using heavy artillery and helicopter gunships to target the militants. Sixty one militants were killed in these attacks as the targeted a seminary in the area where Taliban commanders were holding a meeting bringing the militants death toll to 86 in the last two days. The gun battle erupted today when Taliban militants attacked Feroze Khel, a key town in Aurakzai, from four directions. The area is considered to be a stronghold of Tehrik-e-Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud, who is believed to have been killed in a drone attack.