Pakistani security forces killed six militants and wounded eight others in a shoot-out during an overnight raid in the country's northwest, the military said on October 15. Security forces conducted an intelligence-based operation in the Mir Ali area of the North Waziristan district when they exchanged fire with militants, the military said. One soldier also died and troops recovered weapons and ammunition from the militants' hideout. North Waziristan had served for decades as a safe haven for militants until Pakistan carried out a major operation after an attack on an army-run school in Peshawar in 2014 killed more than 150 people.
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