A Pakistani solider and three suspected militants were killed during a pre-dawn exchange of fire on Sunday in a restive tribal area bordering Afghanistan, officials said. The soldier was killed when suspected militants fired rockets and small arms fire at a military post in Nori Dogg village of lawless North Waziristan tribal district, a security official told AFP.
Three militants were killed when troops returned fire, the official said. The current spate of suicide attacks and blasts has deteriorated the law & order situation in the area.