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India-Pakistan
Seven Pak soldiers, 14 terrs killed in clash
2006-01-11
MIRANSHAH, Pakistan - Militants clashed with Pakistani forces in a troubled tribal zone bordering Afghanistan early on Tuesday, leaving seven paramilitary troops and 14 suspected insurgents dead, officials said.

The firefight was one of the biggest for months in the rugged area, where soldiers are trying to flush out Al Qaeda and Taleban fighters who fled Afghanistan after the US-led invasion in late 2001. It started when "terrorists" “miscreants” launched rockets at a checkpoint in Sarbandji village near Miranshah, the capital of North Waziristan region, shortly after midnight, a security official told AFP.

Seven soldiers died but their colleagues immediately returned fire, sparking a crossfire gunbattle that lasted for 90 minutes, the official said on condition of anonymity. Fourteen terrorists "miscreants" militants were killed in the exchange of fire including a local Taliban commander called Bilal, a military official based in the northwestern city of Peshawar said later.

“Some are locals and some are foreigners. We are trying to find out their nationalities and identities,” the army official said.
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