Seven soldiers killed in Pakistan rocket attack

Attackers fired rockets at a military post in a Pakistani tribal region near Afghanistan, killing seven soldiers and injuring two others, officials said today.

The attack by unidentified assailants on a mountaintop military post in Sarbandki village began around midnight and continued intermittently until shortly before dawn today. Sarbandki is east of Miran Shah, the main town in the North Waziristan tribal region.