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Northwest Pakistan Taliban attack kills 23
The Pakistan Taliban have attacked an army checkpoint, killing 13 soldiers and 10 civilians, officials say.The raid took place in the town of Serai Naurang in north-west Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province early on Saturday, and lasted several hours. Twelve militants were killed in the attack, some of them suicide bombers, the officials said. Pakistan Taliban say the attack was in response to the death of two commanders in a drone strike last month. "Pakistan has been co-operating with the US in its drone strikes that killed our two senior commanders, Faisal Khan and Toofani, and the attack on military camp was the revenge of their killing," a Taliban spokesman said, quoted by Reuters news agency. Posted by: tipper 2013-02-02 |
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