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| 9 Taliban killed in Swat, 6 in Bajaur |
| 2008-11-16 |
 Nine Taliban including a commander were killed in clashes with security forces in Swat and another six were killed as troops pounded Taliban hideouts in Bajaur Agency on Saturday. The dead commander Ali Rehman was from Derai. Talks between rebel cleric Fazlullah and a Swat peace jirga also began on Saturday. A policeman was killed when a shell landed on his house during the operation against Taliban in Machni. An FC soldier was also killed in the clashes. Troops killed a suspected suicide bomber and an accomplice when they fired a rocket on his car in Shabqadar. They seized Taliban commander Ehtishamul Haq's house. |
| Posted by:Fred |