 Five suspected militants have been killed in an explosion in the tribal area of North Waziristan, close to the Afghan border, Pakistani officials say. The blast occurred in a house in Miran Shah town when explosives being handled by the militants went off, local authorities said. But some residents said a helicopter fired rockets at the house, the Reuters news agency reports. | "We seen um! It wuz a black helicopter firing depleted uranium naplam cluster bombs! Honest!" |
Local officials said three of those killed are believed to be Uzbeks. The other two are reported to be local tribesmen. | "I think that's Bob's ear over there" |
Thousands of troops have been deployed in the tribal areas of North and South Waziristan to tackle al-Qaeda and Taleban militants who slipped into Pakistan after the US-led war in Afghanistan in 2001. |