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Pakistani Raid on Tribal Area Kills 21

   VOA News 24 March 2010

   Pakistani  officials  say security forces and helicopter gunships have
   killed  at  least  21  suspected  militants in the northwestern tribal
   region of Orakzai.
   They  say  troops and aircraft attacked militant compounds in the area
   on Wednesday, destroying a training center, a bunker and an ammunition
   dump.
   In  the past year Pakistani forces have been carrying out anti-Taliban
   offensives  in the country's northwestern tribal regions, particularly
   South Waziristan.
   U.S.  missile  strikes  in the tribal areas are also targeting Taliban
   and al-Qaida commanders, often in the North Waziristan region.
   Militants  based  in  the  region have retaliated by launching gun and
   bomb  attacks  against  government  workers,  police  and civilians in
   Pakistan's cities.

   Some information for this report was provided by AFP.

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