Pakistan hits Taliban in Arakzai
The military claims that more than 70 Taliban fighters were killed and 50 were wounded in airstrikes.
The military claims that more than 70 Taliban fighters were killed and 50 were wounded in airstrikes.
A rocket strike was followed by a ground assault; fighting is still ongoing.
The Predator strike is the first in six days and the sixth this month.
Police defeated the complex assault, which included a suicide car bomb and heavily armed suicide bombers.
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The military claimed 60 enemy fighters and four soldiers were killed in the latest Taliban assault on an outpost in Arakzai.
Nearly a dozen Taliban fighters, including four suicide bombers, were killed in the attack.
Twelve civilians and six ISAF soldiers were killed in an attack claimed by the Taliban.
The bomber attacked a police convoy in Dera Ismail Khan, killing three policemen and nine civilians. More fighting is reported in Arakzai.
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