Tribal militants launched rockets on a military post Thursday in a volatile Pakistani region near the Afghan border, killing two paramilitary soldiers and wounding another, a security official said. The attack happened before dawn on the outskirts of Mir Ali, a town in North Waziristan where military raids have killed an estimated 100 pro-Taliban fighters in the past week, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to media. The attack sparked a two-hour gunbattle in the village of Anghar, the official was quoted as saying by the Associated Press. The assault on the base in Anghar _ located on the edge of Miran Shah, the region's main town _ brought the toll of soldiers killed in the recent violence to eight.
