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| Troops repulse attack on post in Orakzai |
| 2010-03-30 |
| [Dawn] A large number of militants were killed in clashes with security forces in different areas of Orakzai Agency on Sunday. Official sources said militants attacked a security post with rockets and machineguns in Ferozkhel area near Kalaya. Troops retaliated and managed to repulse the attack. An official claimed that six militants were killed in the action. In another incident, militants fired rockets at an army base in Kalaya which landed in nearby fields. In retaliation troops used artillery pieces to pound militants' positions on hilltops. The sources said three hideouts were destroyed and five militants killed. Forces took control of Gedra area in Ferozkhel. Military helicopter gunships bombed hideouts of militants in nearby Chapri Ferozkhel area, killing 12 of them. The government says more than 100 suspected militants and five soldiers have been killed in fighting in the region in the last week. Officials said the militants killed so far include Uzbeks and Arabs. |
| Posted by:Fred |