09-03-2008, 09:04 PM
<b>At least 30 militants killed in Mingora: Army </b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->MINGORA: As many as 30 suspected militants were killed in clashes with Pakistani troops in the troubled northwestern Swat valley on Wednesday, the army said.
'Up to 30 militants are confirmed dead and some 35 wounded in a ground and air offensive by the army troops,' spokesman Major Nasir Ali told AFP.
Ali said the operation targeted the central headquarters of radical<b> pro-Taliban cleric Maulana Fazlullah, also known as Mullah Radio, whose followers have been engaged in bloody clashes with troops since late last year.</b>
'We have evicted the militants after clashes from Koza Banda district in Swat,' Ali said, adding that among those killed was one of Fazlullah's top commanders<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<b>Twenty killed in 'US-led' South Waziristan raid </b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->WANA: At least 20 people, including women and children, were killed in an attack involving US-led forces in South Waziristan tribal region near the border with Afghanistan, officials and a resident told The Associated Press (AP) on Wednesday.
The Pakistani Foreign Ministry issued a statement saying the US-led coalition or NATO troops were responsible for 'a grave provocation' and 'a gross violation of Pakistan's territory.'<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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'Up to 30 militants are confirmed dead and some 35 wounded in a ground and air offensive by the army troops,' spokesman Major Nasir Ali told AFP.
Ali said the operation targeted the central headquarters of radical<b> pro-Taliban cleric Maulana Fazlullah, also known as Mullah Radio, whose followers have been engaged in bloody clashes with troops since late last year.</b>
'We have evicted the militants after clashes from Koza Banda district in Swat,' Ali said, adding that among those killed was one of Fazlullah's top commanders<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<b>Twenty killed in 'US-led' South Waziristan raid </b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->WANA: At least 20 people, including women and children, were killed in an attack involving US-led forces in South Waziristan tribal region near the border with Afghanistan, officials and a resident told The Associated Press (AP) on Wednesday.
The Pakistani Foreign Ministry issued a statement saying the US-led coalition or NATO troops were responsible for 'a grave provocation' and 'a gross violation of Pakistan's territory.'<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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