03 August 2004	Tuesday	16 Jamadi-us-Saani 1425

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MIRAMSHAH/WANA, Aug 2: Militants targeted army installations and a convoy in the North and South Waziristan tribal regions on Monday which resulted in injuries to two security personnel and a college student.

Eyewitnesses said that unidentified attackers fired four missiles on a paramilitary camp in Razmak sub-division, North Waziristan, on Monday morning. One missile hit the paramilitary camp and critically wounded a sepoy Syed Mohsin Ali Shah. Officials said that the sepoy was shifted to Peshawar.

A student of Army Public School, Zaheer Khan, also received minor injuries during the same incident. He was discharged from the Miramshah Headquarters Hospital after initial medical treatment.

Another missile hit the tennis court of Cadet College Razmak, but could not cause any damage. Militants ambushed a military convoy in Razmak sub-division on Sunday and killed one armyman and wounded five others.

In the Shakai area, an oil tanker of the army was hit by a remote-controlled device on Monday. One soldier sustained injuries while the tanker was badly damaged. Residents said that five rockets hit the residence of a tribal elder Haji Khadeen Zalikhel.

It is believed that the attack might be linked with the fact that he remained head of a tribal lashkar which had launched a search operation against militants. Officials said that local authorities again slapped a ban on the transportation of vegetables and fruits in South Waziristan.

The authorities had lifted the ban about ten days ago after tribesmen surrendered 40 wanted persons accused of providing shelter to foreign militants in the Shakai area.

Administrator Asmatullah Gandapur told Dawn that by lifting the ban they had provided a chance to tribesmen to fulfil their responsibilities regarding the surrender of two wanted militants, Maulvi Abbas and Muhammad Jawed. However, he added, they failed to deliver due to which the ban was again imposed on them.

GHALANI: NWFP Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah reiterated the government's amnesty offer to foreign elements believed to be hiding in the tribal areas. He was speaking at a tribal jirga at Baizai, Mohmand Agency.