07-31-2008, 12:04 AM
Dawn
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Pakistan clash kills 25 Taliban, 5 soldiers</b> MINGORA, July 30 (Reuters): Twenty-five Taliban militants and five soldiers were killed in a fierce clash in Swat valley in Pakistan's northwest on Wednesday, the military said. The fighting broke out after about 70 militants attacked a security post in Ucharai Sar area near Matta, a militants stronghold ants in the region. âThe attack was successfully repulsed, resulting in the death of 25 miscreants,â the military said in a statement. It said one officer was among the five soldiers killed. A spokesman for militants led by cleric Fazlullah, confirmed the clashes but said only one of their fighters was killed. Separately, militants shot and killed an Afghan woman accused of being a U.S. spy in Pakistan's North Waziristan tribal region on the Afghan border.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Pakistan clash kills 25 Taliban, 5 soldiers</b> MINGORA, July 30 (Reuters): Twenty-five Taliban militants and five soldiers were killed in a fierce clash in Swat valley in Pakistan's northwest on Wednesday, the military said. The fighting broke out after about 70 militants attacked a security post in Ucharai Sar area near Matta, a militants stronghold ants in the region. âThe attack was successfully repulsed, resulting in the death of 25 miscreants,â the military said in a statement. It said one officer was among the five soldiers killed. A spokesman for militants led by cleric Fazlullah, confirmed the clashes but said only one of their fighters was killed. Separately, militants shot and killed an Afghan woman accused of being a U.S. spy in Pakistan's North Waziristan tribal region on the Afghan border.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->