Three troopers killed in Pakistan

Islamabad Oct 9 (IANS) At least three security personnel were killed and seven others injured when their convoy was attacked by militants on Monday in Pakistan s tribal area of North Waziristan the media reported.

The paramilitary troops from the Frontier Corps came under gunfire in Dosli area of the North Waziristan Agency a semi-autonomous tribal area along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border Dunya News reported.

The outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan claimed responsibility for the attack.

The attackers fled from the scene after the attack. Meanwhile a heavy contingent of security forces rushed to the attack site imposed curfew and kicked off a search operation.

The injured security personnel were shifted to a hospital in the agency s headquarter Miran Shah where some of them were said to be in critical condition.

The number of terror attacks in North Waziristan once a hotbed of the militants has fallen drastically following a military offensive Zarb-e-Azb. But the militants still carry out sporadic attacks on security forces in the area.

--IANS
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