Wazoo, security sources said on Sunday.The Pak military launched an operation to push the Taliban out of North Waziristan, their key stronghold, in June. Bases there were used by a variety of Death Eater groups to stage deadly attacks in both Afghanistan and Pakistain.
Three military sources, who asked not to be identified, said a major was among those killed in the attack. Eleven men were maimed and between eight and 10 were missing, they said.
A curfew had been imposed in Datta Khel, where the attack took place, and soldiers were combing the area around the Spara Gher checkpoint for their missing comrades, the sources said.
The Taliban have captured Pak soldiers in the past. Sometimes they have been released or have escaped. In 2012, the Islamist group beheaded 17 soldiers and posted a video of the killings on the Internet.
The military launched the North Waziristan operation to flush out the turbans on June 15, days after turbans mounted a deadly assault on Pakistain's biggest airport.
The offensive followed months of futile attempts to hold peace talks between the new government of Nawaz Sharif
... served two non-consecutive terms as prime minister, heads the Pakistain Moslem League (Nawaz). Noted for his spectacular corruption, the 1998 Pak nuclear test, border war with India, and for being tossed by General Musharraf...
and the Death Eaters.
The military says it has killed around 1,200 bully boyz so far and locked away
Into the paddy wagon wit' yez!
around 300. The area is closed to journalists unless they travel with the military and most of the civilian residents - around a million people - were also ordered to leave their homes until the offensive is over.