PARACHINAR: A government official on Thursday said that security forces had killed 20 terrorists after coming under attack near the Afghan border. Wajid Khan said 22 other troops were injured in the gun battle in Kurram Agency. He said the fighting began when a group of militants attacked a security post. The troops returned the fire and killed 20 of them, he added.
The death toll could not be independently confirmed as the fighting was in a remote mountainous area that is off-limits to journalists.
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