Gunmen kill Pakistan journalists

Two journalists were killed when gunmen opened fire on their vehicle in Pakistan's South Waziristan region.

At least one other journalist was injured in Monday's attack in Wana. Dilawar Khan Wazir of the BBC's Urdu service was in the car but was unhurt.

Bullets were fired from a vehicle as the journalists drove past the hospital in Wana, the region's main town.

They had been attending the signing of a peace agreement between the authorities and tribal fighters.

Mehsud accord

Our correspondent says one of the reporters who died worked for a local Pakistani station, Khyber TV.

The man confirmed injured worked for the French news agency AFP.

The army has been clamping down on militants in the region

Other reports said a journalist with al-Jazeera television was also hurt.

The signing of the agreement they attended was with Mehsud tribesmen believed to have links with al-Qaeda and the Taleban militants.

According to the agreement, the tribesmen will not support the militants or carry out attacks on government installations.

Militant leader Baitullah Mehsud, his face covered to prevent photographers, signed the agreement amid anti-American slogans from the tribesmen.

However, the BBC's Haroon Rashid in Peshawar says the accord does not extend to all tribesmen.

Abdullah Mehsud, who was involved in the kidnap of two Chinese engineers last year, one of whom died, is not party to the agreement.

Pakistan has been carrying out large-scale operations against suspected foreign Islamic militants in South Waziristan since last March.

The army believes hundreds of the militants, including Arabs, Afghans and Central Asians, are holed up in the region.