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Pakistani officials claimed US and Pakistani troops fought a five-minute gun battle along the border after US helicopters were shot at. Ten Taliban fighters were killed in Bajaur. Three policemen and a civilian were killed and two girls™ schools were bombed in Swat. Tribal fighters ejected Taliban forces from a region in Khyber. Police detained 15 suspects involved with the Sept. 23 suicide attack in Quetta.