Afghanistan's NATO-led International Security Assistance Force said troops clashed with a large group of insurgents near the Pakistani border on June 22 and killed about 40 of them.
In separate violence in North Waziristan, a roadside bombing today killed three Pakistani paramilitary soldiers.
(Reuters)
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