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Afghanistan

Seven Pakistani Troops Killed In Fresh Border Attack

(RFE/RL)

10 January 2006 -- At least seven members of the Pakistani security forces have been reported killed in a rocket attack on a military post in a Pakistani tribal region bordering Afghanistan.

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January 10, 2006

Officials said suspected militants attacked the post near Miranshah, capital of the North Waziristan tribal region, early this morning.

The assault is reported to have continued for a number of hours. No casualties among the attackers were immediately reported.

The attack came days after eight Pakistani troops were reported killed on 7 January in an assault on another post in the region.

Pakistan has deployed thousands of forces in an effort to stop Taliban and Al-Qaeda militants and their local allies from operating along the mountainous Pakistan-Afghan border region.

(Reuters/AP/AFP)

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