A Pakistani army camp in North Waziristan tribal region was attacked by rockets fired by suspected Taliban militants, sparking off a massive retaliatory fire by the military, a news report has said.
Ten rockets were fired at the military camp in North Waziristan on Thursday, but there has been no information on the casualties, official sources told the Daily Times.
Sources said Pakistani forces returned fire in the direction from where the rockets originated. Suspected militants fired the rockets at a camp in the Dukoye area, some 60 km west of Miranshah.
Rocket attacks on army camps have increased in North Waziristan over the past week, after a mysterious explosion at Saidgey village last Friday killed at least two people and injured another two.
Local residents claimed that fighter planes had bombed a house, but the military stated that explosives inside the house had caused the blast.
Three rockets were fired on a military check post in Miranshah 24 hours after the explosion.
Local Taliban had earlier warned that they would reconsider the peace deal with the government if attacks similar to the one on Saidgey continued, but the council of elders later stated that they would honour the deal, the daily reported.
The government signed a peace deal with tribal leaders in the North Waziristan region in September 2006 in which the army agreed to withdraw forces in exchange for promises that militant tribal groups there will not engage in terrorist activities.
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