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Pakistani Jets Attack Taliban Positions, Killing 13

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   VOA News 14 March 2010

   Pakistani  officials  say  fighter jets bombed militant positions near
   the Afghan border Sunday, killing at least 13 suspected militants.
   Officials  say  the  operation  targeted  Taliban  safe  houses in the
   Orakzai  tribal  area  believed  to be used by local commanders. It is
   unclear if the strikes killed any senior militant leaders.
   Pakistan  suffered  a  wave of suicide attacks last week, with some 13
   people  killed in the eastern city Lahore on Monday, another 55 people
   killed  in  coordinated  attacks  in the city on Friday, and 13 people
   killed in a suicide blast in Swat valley on Saturday.
   Taliban   militants  have  claimed  responsibility  for  the  attacks.
   Pakistani officials say the militants often plan their operations from
   strongholds in the country's western tribal areas.
   Militants  say the bombings against government buildings and police in
   Pakistan's  cities are retaliation for the ongoing military offensives
   against the Taliban in the tribal areas.
   On  Saturday a Taliban spokesman said more attacks will be carried out
   unless Pakistan's army stops operations in the tribal areas.

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

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