WANA/MIRAMSHAH Aug 29: Militants attacked security forces in the South and North Waziristan tribal region on Sunday, killing two soldiers and wounding 12 others, sources said.
Officials said that a soldier of the Northern Areas Regiment was killed and 10 were wounded when a paramilitary camp came under missile attack in South Waziristan on Saturday night. The condition of the two wounded soldiers was stated to be critical. They were shifted to the Brigade Headquarters in the Zari Noor colony in Wana.
Residents said the militants fired two short-range missiles on the South Waziristan Scouts Camp in Wana at about 2.20am. Projectiles hit a barrack that housed the Northern Areas Regiment.
The security forces retaliated and fired about 50 artillery shells in different directions. Some residential areas in the adjoining localities are reported to have been hit. The exchange of fire continued for more than one hour.
In North Waziristan, a sepoy of Shawal Rifles was killed and two others received injuries when militants blew up a paramilitary vehicle in the Razmak sub-division on Sunday.
Unofficial reports said that the incident took place when a convoy of Shawal Rifles was heading from Shawal to Razmak, about 70 kilometres south of Miramshah, the regional headquarters.
They said that the paramilitary convoy was blown up with a remote control device near Shinbaba in which three soldiers received injuries. The wounded were identified as sepoys Zahidullah, Saeedullah and Nauroze. They were taken to hospital, where Saeedullah died.
Sources said the security forces also defused two landmines near the place of occurrence.Meanwhile, army troops have started movement towards Razmak sub-division on Sunday which led to speculations about a likely operation in the areas near the Afghan border.
Residents said that more than 45 military vehicles were seen moving towards Razmak. The troops had killed four militants and captured two others during a raid on a compound in Bangi Dar in the North Waziristan near the Afghan border on Aug 23. Three soldiers and a junior officer were also wounded in the operation.
