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October 7, 2007

Troops, Militants Battle in Pakistan Tribal Region, at Least 36 Killed
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http://enews.voanews.com/t?ctl=19C4BC8:A6F02AD83191E16046E2F143D2D6401F9574F7DCC14957C0 Violence has been
escalating in Pakistan's northern tribal regions bordering Afghanistan
since July





Pakistan's military says at least 30 militants and six soldiers have
been killed during fighting  Sunday in the North Waziristan tribal
region.

An army spokesman (Major General Waheed Arshad) says that security
forces attacked the pro-Taleban militants after they ambushed a
military convoy Saturday evening near the town of Mir Ali.  He says
fighting was also taking place in other parts of the area.

Violence has been escalating in Pakistan's northern tribal regions
bordering Afghanistan since July, when a peace pact with militants
broke down in North Waziristan, and army commandos stormed a radical
mosque in the capital, Islamabad.

Some information for this report was provided by Reuters and AP .




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