Peshawar - Six people were killed on Tuesday when the security forces opened fire on a demonstration against civilian deaths in the ongoing military offensive in the restive north-west Swat valley, witnesses said.

The demonstration started on Monday after a mortar round hit a house in the Allah Abad area of Swat district in North West Frontier Province, killing one woman and her two children.

Residents transported the victims' bodies about 20 kilometres to Mangora city, where the army headquarters is located. More than 8,000 people joined them in the protest.

Peshawar, Sept 23 : A suspected Taliban reportedly killed at least nine security personnel in Pakistan''s Swat region after he rammed his explosives-laden car into a check-post.

The incident occurred in the Madyan town in Swat.

"Nine security personnel were killed and a couple more were slightly injured in a suicide attack on a checkpost," the Daily Times quoted the military''s media wing, as saying.

Peshawar - At least nine army troops were killed on Monday in a suicide attack in north-west Pakistan, officials said.

Army spokesman Major Murad Khan told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa that a bomber rammed an explosives-laden vehicle into security forces' headquarters located in Madyan area of restive Swat valley in North West Frontier Province.

"Three soldiers were martyred at the spot while six succumbed to their injuries in the hospital," he said.

Peshawar - At least three army troops were killed and on Monday in a suicide attack in north-west Pakistan, officials said.

Army spokesman Major Murad Khan told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa that a suicide bomber rammed an explosives-laden vehicle into security forces' headquarters located in Madyan area of restive Swat valley in North West Frontier Province. Six soldiers were also injured in the bombing, he added.

Earlier, thousands of people protested the killing of three civilians allegedly by army shelling.

Peshawar- Thousands of people on Monday protested the killing of three civilians, allegedly at the hands of Pakistani security forces, in the restive Swat valley in the country's North West Frontier Province, witnesses said.

The demonstration started after a mortar round hit a house in the Allah Abad area of Swat district, leaving a women and her two children dead, local journalist Nisar Ali Khan said.

Peshawar, Sept. 22 : Afghanistan''s ambassador to Pakistan was abducted and his driver killed in an ambush on the diplomat''s car Monday, in Peshawar.