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15 Pakistanis Killed by Security Forces in Bara

July 3, 2010

Security forces kill 15 Taliban in Bara

Staff Report

The Daily Times, Saturday, July 03, 2010

PESHAWAR:

Security forces have killed 15 Taliban fighters during an operation in Khyber Agency, sources said on Friday.

According to the security sources, the operation was launched in Bara tehsil’s Akakhel area, where five vehicles belonging to the Taliban were also destroyed.

A huge cache of arms and ammunition was also recovered by the troops, the sources added.

Separately, three Frontier Corps (FC) personnel were killed and two others injured when unidentified Taliban attacked them on the border between the provincial capital and the Khyber Agency, police said.

A Matani police station official told Daily Times that the Taliban attacked FC personnel around 1:30am in the Janay Khwar area, leaving three men dead and wounding two others.

The official said two officials, Rangeen Shah and Noorullah, went missing after the attack. The dead were identified as Muhammad Ameen and Haider Khan.

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