| Suspected militants on Sunday fired two missiles at a military checkpoint outside Wana, the regional headquarters of the remote South Waziristan tribal region, officials told Dawn. The missiles were fired hours before a jirga of tribal elders endorsed an official ban on carrying and display of weapons in the regional headquarters area, but no loss of life and property was reported. Officials said missiles had targeted the Shulam military checkpoint, the area where 11 civilians were killed in a shooting incident on Saturday. They were killed when troops mistook them as militants and and opened fire. The officials said the first missile on Sunday was fired at around 4am followed by another at around 7am. |