Armed militants attack security checkpoint in Pakistan, 6 soldiers dead

An injured policeman receives medical treatment at a hospital in northwest Pakistan’s Peshawar on July 3, 2013. At least six troops were killed, ten others injured and three went missing when a large group of militants stormed a checkpost in Pakistan’s northwest city of Peshawar early Wednesday morning, reported local media ARY. <Xinhua/NEWSis/Ahmad Sidique>

Injured policemen receive medical treatment at a hospital in northwest Pakistan’s Peshawar on July 3, 2013. <Xinhua/NEWSis/Ahmad Sidique>

A Pakistani security officer inspects a damaged security checkpoint following an overnight attack by armed militants on the outskirts of northwest Pakistan’s Peshawar on July 3, 2013. <Xinhua/NEWSis/Ahmad Sidique>