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| 5 killed in North Waziristan, Pakistan revises enemy body count down |
| 2006-04-06 |
| Backed by helicopter gunships, Pakistani security forces today killed at least five militants in the restive tribal region bordering Afghanistan after an overnight rocket attack on their camp left four soldiers dead. Five militants were killed and 15 others surrendered when security forces launched an operation after the rocket attack on their camp in the Shawaal area of North Waziristan tribal agency left four soldiers dead and several others injured, the military said. The security forces used helicopter gunships to hit vehicles of the attackers who were trying to flee after firing rockets, Army spokesman Maj Gen Shaukat Sultan told the state-run PTV. In a separate attack, nine rockets were fired on a camp of security forces in Datta Khel area, some 12 kilometres from Miran Shah, the centre of North Waziristan, injuring two soldiers, Sultan said. Ground forces were also sent to the areas used by the militants to fire on the security forces' camps, reports reaching here said. Situation has been tense in North Waziristan since the security forces launched an operation against al-Qaeda and Taliban suspects on March one. The military says that some 150 militants have been killed since the launch of that operation. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |