The attacks took place in the North and South
Wazoo tribal areas, both of which are strongholds for Pak Taliban fighters who have waged a deadly war against the government. The region is also home to gun-hung tough guys who stage cross-border attacks against US troops in neighboring Afghanistan.A group of gun-hung tough guys attacked an army checkpoint early Sunday in the town of Ladha in South Waziristan, killing one soldier and wounding another, said intelligence officials, speaking on condition of anonymity
... for fear of being murdered...
because they were not authorized to talk to the media.
A second soldier was killed when troops engaged gun-hung tough guys in a gunbattle in the Pasht Ziarat area on the border of North and South Waziristan, the officials said. Three gun-hung tough guys were killed during the fight. Six soldiers and seven gun-hung tough guys were also maimed.
A roadside kaboom struck an army convoy near Miramshah, the main town in North Waziristan, wounding five soldiers, said the officials.
South Waziristan was the main stronghold for the Pak Taliban until the military launched a major offensive in the fall of 2009. Periodic attacks still occur in the area, and many of the gun-hung tough guys fled to North Waziristan.
The US has urged Pakistain to conduct a similar offensive in North Waziristan, but the military has declined, saying its troops are stretched too thin by operations in other parts of the tribal region.