By IRNA
Islamabad : Pakistani security forces killed at least 20 pro-Taliban militants in fighting in North Waziristan on Sunday, the military said, after attacks on security forces, the army said.
Two soldiers were also killed in the fighting, spokesman Major General Waheed Arshad told state television.
Violence has intensified in the volatile tribal region after militants scrapped a peace deal with the government in July.
General Arshad said that six soldiers and 15 militants were also injured in clashes, started in area 10 kilometers south of Mir Ali, a major town in the region, early morning.
He said that militants ambushed convoys of security forces on Friday, saying that improvised devices were used in attacks on security forces.
Local TV channels reported that the security forces also used gunship helicopters to bomb positions of the militants.
We have intercepted communication of the militants that 20 miscreants were killed and 15 others seriously injured, Major General Waheed Arshad said.
He denied reports of the fresh kidnapping of 28 soldiers in North Wazirustan and described it as propaganda from the miscreants.
A correspondent in the region said the fresh clashes happened a day after two soldiers were killed and several injured in a remote control bomb attack on security forces in Datta Khel area on North Waziristan.
He said the security forces have imposed an undeclared night curfew in Miranshah, the headquarters of North Waziristan, and other towns.
The correspondent, requested not be identified, said bodies of 10 Pakistanis, who were killed in Afghanistan while fighting against US-led forces, were brought to North Waziristan on Saturday.
He said officials of the International Committee of the Red Cross, who had shifted the bodies to the tribal region, were detained by Pakistani authorities but were freed Saturday.
He said that bodies were sent to their families late Saturday.