Islamabad, March 11, SPA -- Pakistani soldiers backed byhelicopter gunships targeted a suspected militant hideoutin Pakistan's volatile tribal region near the Afghan borderand killed about 30 militants, an army spokesman saidSaturday. Gen. Shaulat Sultan said the attack was launched lateFriday near Miran Shah, the main town in North Waziristanand the scene of repeated clashes between security forcesand militants in the past week. "We did that with full accuracy on authenticintelligence, and according to our information about 30miscreants, who included foreigners, were killed," he toldThe Associated Press by phone. No security forces were hurt and all those present at thehideout were killed, he said, adding that the attacktriggered blasts at a huge cache of weapons which themilitants had stored for use against security forces.--SPA 11 47 Local Time 08 47 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/338156