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Coventina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-08 09:47 AM
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Official: Pakistan army kills 15 militants
Source: Associated Press

KHAR, Pakistan (AP) — A Pakistani government official says an army air strike has destroyed a suspected militant training facility and killed fifteen insurgents on the Pakistan side of the Afghan border.

Jamil Khan, the No. 2 representative of government in the semiautonomous Bajur tribal region, said Wednesday the overnight raid flattened several buildings near the village of Damadola.

Pakistani security forces have been fighting militants in various parts of the border region since August, but attacks in Damadola are rare.

The army says it has killed over 1,500 militants in Bajur since August.



Read more: http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hkiMxbHNH0BqgpWA2ZG6VD6wVTmAD948K2S02
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maxsolomon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-08 06:59 PM
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1. uh-huh. whatever you say.
did the ISI get the memo that the Taliban are no longer their allies? what memo? exactly.
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