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3 Soldiers, 5 Suspected Militants Killed In Clash In Pakistan's Northwest

Soldiers at a checkpoint in Pakistan's North Waziristan (file photo)
Soldiers at a checkpoint in Pakistan's North Waziristan (file photo)

Pakistan's military says five suspected militants and three troops were killed in a firefight in the Bajaur tribal district of northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province. The public relations department of Pakistan's Army said the clash occurred early on August 19 in Bajaur's Mamondo area. The military said four other suspected militants were wounded. It did not say which militant group the suspects, who were attempting to enter Pakistan from Afghanistan, belonged to. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has seen an increase in deadly attacks that mostly remained unclaimed while some of them were claimed by the Pakistani Taliban, known as Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan.

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