TANK, Jan 27: The bodies of three soldiers were found in the Makin area of South Waziristan on Sunday.

Sources said that militants had captured 13 soldiers during an attack on the Laddah fort and an observation post on Jan 22. Local people found the three bodies bodies and handed them over to the authorities.

Local people said troops attacked some places in the Makin area but no casualty was reported.

In Laddah area, helicopter gunships bombed several positions. Inter-Services Public Relations said that incidents of firing had taken place in several areas in the region.

Local militants’ spokesman Maulvi Umar warned that they would kill the hostage soldiers one by one if security forces did not stock the operation in the Mehsud area. He claimed that the militants had captured over 120 security personnel in Swat and North and South Waziristan.