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2 soldiers dead, 12 wounded in attacks in North Waziristan
 MIRANSHAH: Militants fired rockets at an army convoy and opened fire on a roadside military post in separate attacks in North Waziristan on Monday. Two soldiers were killed and 12 were wounded, an official said.The assailants fired a barrage of rockets at the convoy after it stopped when a roadside bomb went off close to it, a local intelligence official said. No one was hurt in the bomb blast, but one soldier was killed and 12 others wounded, two seriously, in the follow-up rocket attack, he said. In the other attack, militants driving a car opened small arms fire at a security post east of Miranshah, killing one soldier, the intelligence official said. Local pro-Taliban tribal militants have been blamed for much of the fighting in North Waziristan in recent weeks. Military officials have said that Arab, Afghan and Central Asian militants allegedly linked with Al Qaeda are present in North and South Waziristan. Earlier on Monday, militants fired rockets, mortars and small arms at a security post in South Waziristan, triggering a gun battle with troops that left one attacker dead and two others wounded, another intelligence official and a fighter said. The troops retaliated with artillery and small arms fire, forcing the assailants to retreat toward nearby hills after an hour-long gun battle in Humrang. Posted by: Fred 2006-04-25 |
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