7 Pakistani Troops Killed in Bomb Attack, Firefight

Military officials in Pakistan say a firefight with Islamist militants near the border with Afghanistan Sunday left four soldiers and 12 insurgents dead. The army’s media wing says “fleeing terrorists also left behind 3 of their dead bodies." The fighting occurred in the Dattakhel area of North Waziristan, a semi-autonomous tribal region where major counter-militancy army operations are under way. Earlier, a roadside bomb in the same region killed three...

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