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| Pakistani soldier killed in rocket attack |
| 2006-03-24 |
| Islamist militants killed a Pakistani trooper and wounded two others in a rocket attack on their post in a troubled tribal region near the Afghan border on Friday, officials said. The attack occurred early in the morning near Datta Kheil village in North Waziristan, the scene of fierce battles between security forces and militants in recent weeks. Around 200 tribesmen were killed in clashes with the army after answering a call to arms by militant Muslim clerics following an attack on an al Qaeda camp by security forces. Syed Zaheer-ul-Islam, the top government administrator in North Waziristan, said security forces returned fire after the rocket attack on the post but there was no word on militant casualties. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |