Three troopers killed in Pakistan

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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