Ten suspected Taliban and a soldier have been killed in a clash in restless South Waziristan tribal area, a former headquarters of Pakistani Taliban, raising the total number of militant casualties in the region to 53 on Thursday, officials said.
A security official who wished not to be quoted told Anadolu Agency that the clash had occurred in the remote town of Laddah near the Afghan border located 30 kilometers off Wana, the administrative headquarters of South Waziristan.
Another soldier was injured in the clash, the official said.
Some 43 suspected militants were killed yesterday in adjoining North Waziristan in Pakistani army airstrikes.
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