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Six key Swat Taliban commanders killed
 MINGORA: Six key Taliban commanders were killed in clashes with security forces in Swat, security officials said on Monday. The officials told Daily Times that the six Taliban commanders were killed in two separate clashes with the forces, adding that troops also recovered a large cache of arms from the Taliban hideouts.The first clash occurred at Kanju town of Kabal tehsil in which four wanted Taliban commanders were killed. Separately, the troops killed two Taliban commanders in a search operation in Elam area of Barikot tehsil. Meanwhile, Charbagh operations commander, Col Ejaz Malik, said the security forces would show no leniency to the supporters of the Taliban. Earlier, the jirga announced complete support for the security forces. Posted by: Steve White 2010-04-27 |
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