Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Taliban kill 15 troops in Swat ambush

The Taliban conducted a deadly ambush on a paramilitary convoy in the district of Swat in Pakistan's violent Northwest Frontier Province. Fifteen troops were killed and six are still missing after a roadside bomb attack and battle in the Kabal region, police told Reuters.

"After the exchange of fire that lasted for several hours, more than 20 troops went missing but today we found 15 dead bodies at the site," a police officer in Kabal told Reuters. Five Taliban and three civilians were also reported killed in the firefight.




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