MIRAMSHAH, Sept 28: An unmanned surveillance plane crashed on Friday in Land Momedkhel area of North Waziristan.

Some local people said the plane had intruded into the tribal area from Afghanistan and it might have developed a fault.

Spy planes frequently violate Pakistan’s air space to monitor militants’ movement along the Afghanistan border.

Meanwhile, two tribesmen were killed and five others were injured in a gunbattle in Mirali area of North Waziristan on Thursday night.

Sources said the militants fired rockets and missiles on a paramilitary camp in Mirali. Troops retaliated with artillery and mortar shells which hit residential compounds in Esokhel and Mosaki villages, killing the two tribesmen and injuring five others.

About 15 houses were partially damaged. The injured were shifted to a hospital in Mirali.

One soldier was injured when militants fired a barrage of rockets on the Khajori checkpost on the main road on Friday.

Officials said at least 15 rockets were fired on the checkpost jointly manned by army and paramilitary personnel.