Suspected Al Qaeda militants fired mortars at an army post in South -Waziristan on Tuesday, the latest attack in at least two days of fighting in the rugged border region where security forces have been hunting down members of the terrorist group, an army spokesman said. Three mortars fired by suspected Al Qaeda militants in the attack early Tuesday missed the post in Khamrang,
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... a village near Wana, the main town of South Waziristan, said Maj. Gen. Shaukat Sultan, the chief army spokesman. Sultan said security forces and suspected Al Qaeda loyalists have clashed in South Waziristan over the past two days. No injuries have been reported in the fighting, though three paramilitary soldiers were injured when a land mine exploded near a vehicle carrying them in the vicinity of Wana on Monday.
Sultan denied a front-page report in The News, the nation's largest English-language daily, that some 10 civilians had been killed in a crossfire, mostly around the nearby town of Shakai. He did say, however, that there were sporadic clashes near the town Monday night. Shakai was the scene of an operation by Pakistani forces last month that left about 100 militants and Pakistani soldiers dead. |