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| Pakistanis scour al-Qaeda compound after attack |
| 2006-04-14 |
| Pakistani villagers pulled three bodies out of the rubble of a suspected hideout of Islamist militants that was razed in an overnight attack by army helicopter gunships in a tribal area bordering Afghanistan. A number of foreign militants are believed to have been killed in the attack on a compound in Nagar, six km (4 miles) south of Miranshah, the main town of restive North Waziristan region where the army has been fighting al Qaeda and Taliban guerrillas and their local Pashtun sympathisers. "Three bodies have been pulled out. A search is underway for others," a resident of Nagar told Reuters. He did not say whether bodies were of militants or tribesmen. Military spokesman Major-General Shaukat Sultan said details about the number of militants killed and their identity were still being gathered. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |