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| Afghanistan/South Asia |
| 7 troops, 6 hard boyz killed in Waziristan |
| 2004-09-11 |
| Situation remained fluid in the troubled South Waziristan agency on Friday as 13 more people, including seven personnel of the armed forces and six suspected militants were killed in clashes between the tribal militants and security forces in Kanigoram and Karwan Manza areas of the tribal region. There were also reports that the death toll on the security forces side was 11, including two officers while seven others have been injured in the ambush on a military convoy by tribal militants in Karawan Manza the previous night. No independent confirmation of the claims was immediately available, however, Director General ISPR Maj-Gen Shaukat Sultan told journalists during a news briefing in Peshawar on Friday that six militants have been killed. Sultan also admitted that there were some casualties among the forces, but declined to reveal the details. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |