8 killed as militants clash in South Waziristan

The clashes that have been going on for three days now have seen 18 suspected militants killed and nine injured.

DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Eight suspected militants were killed and three injured when a militant group attacked a rival group in the mountainous area of Shaktoi in South Waziristan, close to North Waziristan Agency.

A total of 18 people have now been killed and nine injured since fighting broke out Sunday in the Waziristan tribal district.

"At least 12 people have been killed in a firefight between militant groups in the Shaktoi area of South Waziristan. The fighting still goes on," a security official told AFP in Miranshah, the main town in neighbouring North Waziristan.

On April 7, four suspected militants were killed while another sustained injuries in an armed attack on a car in South Waziristan. The incident occurred in the Shaga mountainous, close to the border with North Waziristan Agency.