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Soldier injured in S Waziristan attacks
A Punjab Regiment soldier was wounded amid a series of attacks on army installations in the South Waziristan Agency days after a US airstrike killed a senior Al Qaeda leader, officials and local residents said on Tuesday."Sepoy Asad was injured after suspected militants attacked army bunkers at Wakh Dalay while the main army base in Wana also came under attack late on Monday," said officials who spoke on condition of anonymity. The officials said the Zarinoor army base and a nearby airport were attacked late on Monday night with rockets damaging an electricity transformer. However, there were no casualties. "Three rockets fell inside the base while as many landed near the airport," the officials told Daily Times. The army responded with artillery fire in the direction from where the rockets came, said the officials. "There has been no let-up in gunfire by the army after militants fired rockets on the main army base," said residents living close to the area. The militants also fired rockets at the Frontier Corps fort in Sra Kunda area. However, no loss of life was reported. Meanwhile, chief of the Peace Committee in Jandola, South Waziristan Agency, survived when a remote-controlled bomb blew up his vehicle on Tank-Wana road. According to official sources, unidentified militants attacked the vehicle of Turkistan Khan but he remained unhurt. In another incident, two Tori tribesmen were killed and two others injured when armed men opened fire in the Bilyamin area of Kurram Agency. Posted by: Fred 2008-08-06 |
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