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India-Pakistan
Taliban release five soldiers in Bajaur
2009-03-10
Taliban released five paramilitary soldiers abducted seven months ago in Bajaur Agency as five Taliban were killed in fresh clashes with troops, an official said Monday. The Taliban handed over the paramilitaries to tribal elders in Mamoond late on Sunday. "Taliban unconditionally freed the five soldiers who will be handed over to the local administration," a senior local official, Faramosh Khan, told AFP. He said the soldiers had been kidnapped from Loisam in August, when the government launched a massive military operation in Bajaur trying to flush Taliban out of the region. Meanwhile, five Taliban were killed in clashes with paramilitaries and local tribesmen in Nawagai late on Sunday. "Militants attacked a camp of paramilitary soldiers and were repulsed," another local official said. "Backed by local tribesmen, the troops returned the fire, killing five militants," the official added.
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