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| Twenty militants killed in Bajaur |
| 2008-08-20 |
| At least 20 militants were killed in a clash with security forces in Pakistan's Bajaur tribal region, a government official said Tuesday. The fighting erupted about 25 km east of Khar, the main town of the region, on Monday evening after militants attacked several security checkposts there. "The exchange of fire lasted for about nine hours and we have reports that at least 20 militants were killed," Mohammad Jameel, a senior government official in Bajaur, told Reuters. |
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