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| 40 killed in Waziristan fighting |
| 2006-04-22 |
| Authorities in the tribal belt of Pakistan bordering Afghanistan claim to have detained over 40 persons on Friday following an incident in which at least seven personnel of Pakistan paramilitary forces were killed and 26 others injured as militants ambushed a convoy of vehicles. The ambush occurred in a village near Miranshah town on Thursday in the troubled North Waziristan tribal agency. The military said six militants were killed and several injured after helicopter gun ships and paramilitary personnel launched a counter attack. Reports from the area said the authorities had detained some tribal elders to force the people in the area to hand over the miscreants responsible for the ambush. Waziristan tribal belt has been the scene of intense fighting between Pakistani forces and suspected Al-Qaeda and Taliban forces and their local patrons for nearly three years now. In recent months operations have been launched in the region by the Pakistan forces either in retaliatory attacks or in search of foreign militants sheltered there. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |