MIRAMSHAH, Aug 24: Hundreds of regular and paramilitary troops have been deployed in Bangi Dar area along the Afghanistan border to check possible incursion of terrorists from Afghanistan where the US-led Afghan troops have launched an operation against Al Qaeda and Taliban suspects.

Informed sources and witnesses said that the troops had taken up positions in the area and completely sealed the border to stop terrorists from infiltrating into Pakistan from Afghanistan.

They said the troops were seen heading from Datakhel tehsil towards Bangi Dar and Hassankhel areas. The sources said that three soldiers and a junior commissioned officer of the army had been wounded in Monday's clash with militants.

They have been identified as Captain Arshad, Naib Subaidar Mardad, Ghulam Qadir and Nek Mohammad. They have been taken to the Combined Military Hospital in Bannu. The clash left four militants, three of them foreigners, dead. Two terrorists were arrested in the operation.

Paramilitary forces recovered four missiles near the Wana Scouts camp in the South Waziristan tribal region on Tuesday, Dilawar Khan Wazir adds from Wana quoting informed sources. The missiles had been left near the camp by military.

Residents of the area said two high-intensity explosions rocked Wana on Monday night but there was no report of any casualties. Syed Irfan Raza adds from Islamabad: Security forces seized a large cache of arms and ammunition during a raid on a compound, 18 kilometres north of Miramshah, on Monday, an Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) press release issued here on Tuesday said.