Unidentified men kidnapped five paramilitary soldiers in North Waziristan a day after the military raided a suspected militants' hideout, an official said on Friday. The soldiers were kidnapped in Razmak sub-division, 75 kilometres south of Miranshah, the regional headquarters of North Waziristan. "We have received reports that the soldiers were kidnapped late on Thursday afternoon when they were on a highway patrol," said an administration official, wishing not to be named.Maj-Gen Shaukat Sultan, the military spokesman, told Daily Times that he had received no reports of missing paramilitary soldiers. He also said that he had no confirmation as yet of the death of Abdul Rahman Al-Muhajir, an Egyptian-born Al Qaeda explosives expert whom the government had claimed was killed in a Wednesday operation near Miranshah. "I will share it with the media when I have the confirmation," the military spokesman added. The soldiers' kidnapping is the first such incident in North Waziristan.