PESHAWAR: A police official says more than a dozen militants opened fire on the house of an anti-Taliban mayor in northwestern Pakistan. Security guards repelled the attack, killing three assailants.

Nabi Shah says some of the militants disguised themselves by wearing burqas, the all-encompassing garment traditionally worn by Muslim women. The militants who were not killed managed to escape.

Mayor Mohammad Fahim Khan says Sunday's attack was one of several made on his life. Khan has organized a militia to fight the Taliban in his town of Bazid Khel, some 10 miles (15 kilometers) south of the main northwestern city of Peshawar.

Another anti-Taliban mayor was killed earlier this month in a bomb attack outside Peshawar.