12 soldiers die in border ambush

Twelve soldiers were killed and 15 injured when a Pakistani army convoy heading toward a counter-terrorism sweep against al-Qaida militants near the Afghan border was ambushed, officials said today.

The attackers fired rockets that hit at least six army trucks in the ambush near Sarwakai, about 30 miles east of Wana, the main town in the South Waziristan tribal region.