Posted on 08/24/2007 6:49:57 AM PDT by IrishMike
Pakistan -- A month of fierce fighting near the Afghan border has killed about 250 militants and 60 Pakistani troops, the army said Friday, hours after the deaths of six soldiers in a suicide attack and roadside bombing.
Violence has surged in the region since July, when militants scrapped a September 2006 peace deal after accusing the government of violating the agreement by deploying more troops and targeting their hideouts.
"In the past one month, we lost about 60 soldiers in suicide and other attacks," Maj. Gen. Waheed Arshad told The Associated Press. "We security forces also killed about 250 miscreants during this period."
The suicide car bomber on Friday struck on a road near Miran Shah, the main town in the North Waziristan tribal region bordering Afghanistan, killing five soldiers, a local security official said.
Hours later, a roadside bomb went off near another military convoy in the nearby village of Razmak, killing at least one soldier, said the official.
Arshad confirmed the attacks and casualties, but provided no details.
The official, who asked for anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to media, said troops rushed from Miran Shah to the scene of attacks, and that authorities were trying to cordon off the area to catch any accomplices.
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That’s a good start.
I wonder if they have maj Dames map of where Bin Laden is? /s
“miscreants” I haven’t seen that word used in years. Other wise, can we give air support?
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