Taliban Fighters Stage Ambush
October 26 2009
The anti-Taliban offensive intensified over the weekend in South Waziristan.
Four Pakistani troops were killed in an insurgent raid in Bajaur, Agence France-Presse reports.
Taliban fighters launched an attack with rockets and small arms on a military check post in that region, said security officials. Six militants were reported killed.
Elsewhere in Bajaur, a military helicopter crashed late Saturday, killing six troops. The local Taliban chief, Maulvi Faqir Mohammad,...
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