Pakistan Says Airstrikes Kill 20 Suspected Militants in Border Region

Pakistan's military said Saturday that airstrikes had killed 20 suspected militants in a troubled northwestern tribal region near the Afghan border, as part of a major offensive in that area. A statement said the strikes killed insurgents in the Datta Khel area in North Waziristan. The information could not be independently verified because the region is off-limits to journalists. Pakistan's army began a major campaign against the Taliban and other militant groups in the North...

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