 Pro-Taliban militants ambushed a Pakistani army convoy in the restive North Waziristan tribal region, killing seven soldiers and rebels, officials said on Tuesday. The convoy came under attack on Monday in the mountains near the main town of Miranshah while heading towards Beermal on the Afghan border. Four soldiers and three militants were killed. "They first detonated an explosive with remote control on the roadside and then opened fire on the convoy," an intelligence official told Reuters. He said eight soldiers were wounded in the fighting that lasted for an hour. |