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Pakistani troops kill 11 militants in north-west

Nov 18, 2009, 12:48 GMT

Islamabad - Eleven Taliban militants were killed and eight soldiers injured during two separate clashes in Pakistan's restive north-western region near Afghanistan, security officials said Wednesday. According to a military statement, the Islamist insurgents attacked security forces with small arms in Kund Mela area of South Waziristan district, injuring five soldiers including one officer. Six rebels died in the firefight. Three more soldiers were wounded when the vehicle they were patrolling in was hit by a roadside bomb in the district's Jandola area. Pakistani forces launched a major offensive in South Waziristan in mid-October against Taliban fighters carrying out attacks on civilian and official targets in Pakistan as well as striking international troops across the border in Afghanistan. The army says it has so far killed 546 militants in the month-long offensive, while losing 63 soldiers. The figures cannot be confirmed independently as the region is closed to journalists. Separately, the paramilitary troops pounded Taliban positions with artillery fire in another tribal district, Kurram, where Islamist extremists have strong presence. 'Five militants were killed while many were injured in the action,' said a spokesman for the country's paramilitary Frontier Corps, Fazal-ur-Rehman.

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