Two Uzbek militants were killed on Sunday when a group of them attacked the house of a pro-government tribal elder in South Waziristan, officials said. The pre-dawn clash erupted when dozens of miscreants launched an attack on the house of Khan Khannan in South Waziristan district, local administration official Ayaz Mandokhel told AFP.Bodies: Khannan’s men who were guarding the house, retaliated and killed two Uzbek militants, he said, adding that “their bodies were still lying in the area”. Other militants fled after the clash, he said.
Khannan is a pro-government elder in Shakai where gunmen earlier this week shot dead six members of a tribal peace committee. The tribesmen blame the killings on leading Taliban warlord Baitullah Mehsud, who has also been accused by the government of masterminding the assassination of former premier Benazir Bhutto last month.
Also in South Waziristan, security officials said on Saturday that troops had killed more than 50 Taliban militants on Wednesday after fighting off an attack on a military fort.