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Fighters killed in Pakistan clashes
At least 12 fighters including foreigners have been killed in a raid by Pakistani gunship helicopters in a remote tribal area near the Afghan border, according to the Pakistan military.
Mortars were fired during Tuesday's attack at a hideout some 20km west of Miranshah, the main town in the North Waziristan tribal district.
"There are unconfirmed reports that six to eight Arabs, Tajiks and Chechens were among the militants killed in the operation," Major-General Waheed Arshad, a senior military spokesman, said on Wednesday.
He said around 10 fighters were also wounded.No ground forces were used in the attack between the Pakistani army and Taliban fighters.
Staging post
"The militants used to regroup and prepare attacks on security forces and take refuge at these compounds, so security forces targeted them," Arshad said, calling the compounds a "staging post."
A doctor in Miranshah said his hospital received three wounded people, including two children.
Witnesses there said the helicopters destroyed three houses. They also said the army was using mortars and artillery.
"As soon as firing began we ran out and during that a bomb hit our house," Attaullah Jan, one of the wounded, said from a hospital bed.
Al Jazeera English
At least 12 fighters including foreigners have been killed in a raid by Pakistani gunship helicopters in a remote tribal area near the Afghan border, according to the Pakistan military.
Mortars were fired during Tuesday's attack at a hideout some 20km west of Miranshah, the main town in the North Waziristan tribal district.
"There are unconfirmed reports that six to eight Arabs, Tajiks and Chechens were among the militants killed in the operation," Major-General Waheed Arshad, a senior military spokesman, said on Wednesday.
He said around 10 fighters were also wounded.No ground forces were used in the attack between the Pakistani army and Taliban fighters.
Staging post
"The militants used to regroup and prepare attacks on security forces and take refuge at these compounds, so security forces targeted them," Arshad said, calling the compounds a "staging post."
A doctor in Miranshah said his hospital received three wounded people, including two children.
Witnesses there said the helicopters destroyed three houses. They also said the army was using mortars and artillery.
"As soon as firing began we ran out and during that a bomb hit our house," Attaullah Jan, one of the wounded, said from a hospital bed.
Al Jazeera English