The attack triggered a gun battle that raged for more than two hours near Miranshah, the main town in the notorious militant stronghold of North Waziristan, with troops killing at least three militants, tribal police official Taj Mohammed told AFP.
Security officials confirmed the clash while witnesses said helicopters were seen circling overhead.
The convoy came under attack from about a dozen militants armed with rockets and automatic rifles, officials said, and followed a US drone strike on a militant compound in North Waziristan on Saturday in which at least 10 insurgents were killed.
Waziristan lies in northwestern Pakistan's semi-autonomous tribal belt which Washington considers the main hub for Taliban and Al-Qaeda to plot attacks on the West and in Afghanistan.
Pakistan says the drone strikes are counter productive and undermine government efforts to separate tribes from militants, violate Pakistan's sovereignty, kill civilians and fuel anti-US sentiment.
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Americans do drone strikes, our soldiers and civilians pay the price from revenge attacks and liberals rejoice and cry out "more drone strikes, more!" while sipping on their imported scotch in the walled bungalows of urban Pakistan.
And still the shameless liberals want to start an operation in NWA against anyone with a beard.
Am sure dozens of army men paid the ultimate sacrifice of their beloved country.
Why their names or photos not released to the press even when our army killed them. Everything is a secret. People doubt about news reliability.
why would u link the attack with the drone strike? how would anyone know???
what happened to IK .
Pakistan should develop DRONE technology as soon as possible to get these TTP terrorists ..cleaned once for all !!!!!!!