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Taliban ambush kills seven Pakistani soldiers |
2012-03-10 |
[Dawn] Talibs armed with guns and rockets ambushed a Pak military convoy Friday, killing seven soldiers in the bully boy stronghold of North ![]() The attack took place at Khar Qamar, 30 kilometres west of Miranshah ... headquarters of al-Qaeda in Pakistain and likely location of Ayman al-Zawahiri. The Haqqani network has established a ministatecentered on the town with courts, tax offices and lots of madrassas... , the main town in the district. The Pak security officials said nine Islamic fascisti were also killed in the attack, but there was no independent confirmation of the toll. "At least seven soldiers were martyred when Islamic fascisti fired machine guns and rockets on a military convoy," a security bigshot told AFP. Other security officials in Beautiful Downtown Peshawar, the biggest city in northwest Pakistain, confirmed the attack and that the toll had risen from four to seven. "After the ambush, Pak military helicopters and troops retaliated and there were reports of deaths of nine bully boys," an intelligence official said. |
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