Militants clash with Pak troops at Afghan border
Afp, Miranshah
A soldier and a suspected militant were killed yesterday after troops and militants traded fire in a restive Pakistani tribal area near Afghanistan border, the military said yesterday. "A soldier and a suspect were killed on Sunday in Shakai valley of South Waziristan" some 60 kilometres (37 miles) southwest of Miranshah, Pakistan's military spokesman Major General Shaukat Sultan told AFP. "The soldiers traded fire with miscreants during a search operation which had been launched after an improvised explosive device exploded in the area," Sultan said. Local intelligence officials said that a suspected militant had been captured by troops who cordoned off the area after the blast. In a separate incident, suspected insurgents fired about five rockets at government and paramilitary installations in Mirali, some 25 kilometres east of Miranshah but caused no damage.
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