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| Afghanistan/South Asia |
| Pakistan raids Waziristan village |
| 2005-03-13 |
| Pakistani security forces mounted a search Sunday for suspected al Qaeda foreign fighters in a tribal region near the Afghan border, officials said. Two Pakistani soldiers were accidentally wounded when a hand grenade carried by one of them exploded during the raid, officials said. But there was no exchange of fire with suspected militants in Mana village in North Waziristan, about 180 miles southwest of the capital Islamabad. Military spokesman Major-General Shaukat Sultan Sultan said ten men had been detained for questioning. The operation ended Sunday afternoon. The search was launched on intelligence reports that foreign militants were hiding in the village. Officials said there was no sign that any senior al Qaeda leader was present there. "There will be more such operations to flush out militants from the region," Mehmood Shah, security chief of the tribal belt, told Reuters. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |