Pakistani forces have killed or wounded at least 25 people in a raid on suspected foreign militants near the Afghan border, regional officials say.
Troops backed by three helicopter gunships attacked a suspected militant camp in the North Waziristan region.
"It was a training camp of foreign miscreants," government administrator Sayed Zaheerul Islam said.
He said the attack took place at Saidgai, about 15 km (10 miles) north of Miranshah, the region's main town.
Mr Islam said the militants had "set up tents in mountains in the area".
An arms dump at the scene began to explode during the attack, he added.
Maj Gen Shaukat Sultan, a spokesman for the Pakistani army, said the raid was launched on the basis of "confirmed intelligence" that militants were in the area.
He could not give details of casualties but said a special task force had cordoned off the scene of the raid and was carrying out a search.
US forces hunting al-Qaeda and Taleban suspects launched missile strikes in the same region in January, killing a number of civilians and drawing Pakistani government protests.
(BBC)
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