The phrase "a militant attack" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe an aggressive or forceful action taken by a group or individual with a strong ideological stance, often in a conflict or warfare context.
Example: "The region experienced a surge in violence following a militant attack on the government forces."
Alternatives: "an aggressive assault" or "a forceful strike".
There was no indication of it being a militant attack, officials said.
Mr. Gandapur is the third lawmaker from Mr. Khan's party to die in a militant attack this year.
Mr. Kanj, who also lived in Boston for 17 years, died leading a militant attack in Lebanon.
On Thursday, Pakistanis commemorated the fifth anniversary of the death of Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto in a militant attack in 2007.
At least seven people were killed early Tuesday in a militant attack on a power grid station outside Peshawar, the provincial capital of insurgency-riven Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province.
Concern in Cairo about the tunnels spiked last August, when 16 Egyptian soldiers died in a militant attack on a military outpost in Sinai.
A 20-hour gun battle prompted by a deadly militant attack on a police outpost in Srinagar, in Indian-controlled Kashmir, ended Thursday after the police killed two militants, including a Pakistani citizen, Indian police officials said.
NEW DELHI — A 20-hour gun battle prompted by a deadly militant attack on a police outpost in Kashmir's summer capital ended Thursday at a hotel after the police killed two militants, including one Pakistani national, Indian police officials said.
Overnight on Wednesday a Kurdish militant attack on a police station in Cinar killed six, including a baby, officials said.
Since a deadly militant attack on a Sri Lankan cricket team's bus in Lahore in 2009, Pakistan has been visited by few international sporting figures, although the public craves soccer, cricket and hockey contests.
NEW DELHI— Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has arrived in the state of Jammu and Kashmir on a two-day visit despite a deadly militant attack late Monday in the summer capital Srinagar, which killed eight Indian soldiers and injured at least thirteen.
