Ten militants, two soldiers killed in Pakistan clash
Thursday, 4 October 2007
MIRANSHAH, Pakistan, Oct 3 (AFP): Pakistani security forces killed 10 pro-Taliban militants Wednesday after an early morning attack on a checkpost near the Afghan border left two soldiers dead, the military said.
The fighting erupted in the troubled tribal region of North Waziristan, where the US military said a day earlier that Al-Qaeda was re-emerging despite the presence of Pakistani troops.
Pakistani military spokesman Major General Waheed Arshad said that militants raided the post near the town of Mir Ali before dawn, killing two soldiers and wounding another four.
Security officials in the region said earlier that troops responded with artillery fire after the militants attacked with rockets.
The US military in Afghanistan said Tuesday it expected Osama bin Laden's Al-Qaeda network to continue its "re-emergence" in the Pakistani tribal areas along the frontier with Afghanistan.
The fighting erupted in the troubled tribal region of North Waziristan, where the US military said a day earlier that Al-Qaeda was re-emerging despite the presence of Pakistani troops.
Pakistani military spokesman Major General Waheed Arshad said that militants raided the post near the town of Mir Ali before dawn, killing two soldiers and wounding another four.
Security officials in the region said earlier that troops responded with artillery fire after the militants attacked with rockets.
The US military in Afghanistan said Tuesday it expected Osama bin Laden's Al-Qaeda network to continue its "re-emergence" in the Pakistani tribal areas along the frontier with Afghanistan.