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Summary At least 7 soldiers martyred and several others injured in an militant ambush in North Waziristan.
Militants armed with guns and rockets ambushed a Pakistani military convoy Friday at Khar Qamar, 30 kilometres west of Miranshah, killing seven soldiers in the militant stronghold of North Waziristan, officials said.The Pakistani security officials said nine militants were also killed in the shootout, but there was no independent confirmation of the toll.At least seven soldiers were martyred when militants fired machine guns and rockets on a military convoy, a senior security official said.Another senior security official and intelligence official based in Peshawar, the biggest city in northwest Pakistan, confirmed the attack and casualties.After the ambush, Pakistani military helicopters and troops retaliated and there were reports of deaths of nine militants, an intelligence official said.Pakistan has for years battled homegrown insurgents in the tribal belt on the Afghan
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