Cobra gunship helicopters hit the hideouts of suspected pro-Taliban militants in North Waziristan on Tuesday after a military convoy was attacked late on Monday evening, leaving up to three soldiers and four militants dead. Sources in Miranshah said that three soldiers were killed when the militants ambushed the convoy heading towards the Afghan border. However, military spokesman Maj Gen Shaukat Sultan said that one soldier was killed and around a dozen were injured in the attack. He said that four militants were killed in the ambush. “An appropriate response to the attackers continues and I will not give operational details,” Sultan told Daily Times. Purported Taliban spokesman Tariq Jameel claimed to have “inflicted greater casualties on the security forces than what the military admits to and none of my comrades were killed”.
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