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Pakistani forces have cleared militant strongholds from three areas in the South Waziristan region on the Afghan border and 40 militants and eight soldiers have been killed in fighting, the military said on Thursday.
The army is sending reinforcements and using tanks in the area after a week of fighting with militants loyal to a Taliban commander the government said was behind the assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto last month.
Security forces had carried out operations in three parts of South Waziristan, the military said on Thursday.
"These areas have been cleared of militant strongholds and hideouts," the military said in a statement...Read...
The army is sending reinforcements and using tanks in the area after a week of fighting with militants loyal to a Taliban commander the government said was behind the assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto last month.
Security forces had carried out operations in three parts of South Waziristan, the military said on Thursday.
"These areas have been cleared of militant strongholds and hideouts," the military said in a statement...Read...