ISLAMABAD - Seven people died in Islamic militant attacks on Monday and a mosque in northwestern Pakistan, officials said, as the country struggles to cope with increasing violence.Three paramilitary soldiers and four civilians died in militant attacks on Monday in the North Waziristan tribal region, military spokesman Major-General Waheed Arshad told Reuters. The soldiers were killed “when militants attacked a check-post near Miranshah,” he said, referring to the main town of North Waziristan.
The four civilians died when militants fired on a military convoy at a time when normal traffic was also plying the road, Arshad said.