The area has been seized and a clearance operation is underway.
The attack comes four days after a commander of the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan was killed in a fierce gun battle between security force personnel and terrorists in the Tank area.
According to ISPR, Captain Sikandar, 27, embraced martyrdom during the fierce exchange of fire. He was from Pakpattan.
Weapons and ammunition were also seized from the terrorists’ hideout.
It is believed that militants from the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) have entered Pakistan after the collapse of the Asharaf Ghani government in Afghanistan.
Many of these militants are believed to have fled from Afghan jails.