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PESHAWAR - An operation to clear Indian and Western backed Taliban imposters from Bajaur on Monday
left 36 dead including three soldiers and two members of a government
supported peace committee, officials said. Armed forces had launched
the operation to clear the village of Batwar of TTP terrorists who
had crossed over from the neighbouring Kunar province of Afghanistan. “During
the clash, 31 militants were killed while three security personnel
embraced Shahadat (martyrdom)”, a senior official of the paramilitary
Frontier Corps told AFP. “Two members of the peace committee also
embraced Shahadat while five security personnel got injured,” he said.
Most of the area has now been cleared of TTP terrorists, but the operation still continues to flush out the remaining fighters, another official said. It was not possible to confirm the death toll independently because the far-flung district is inaccessible to media and aid workers. Bajaur is one of seven semi-autonomous tribal agencies, where American and Indian backed militants have carved out strongholds used to plot attacks on the country, which has lost more than 3,000 soldiers in the fight against these insurgents.
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Most of the area has now been cleared of TTP terrorists, but the operation still continues to flush out the remaining fighters, another official said. It was not possible to confirm the death toll independently because the far-flung district is inaccessible to media and aid workers. Bajaur is one of seven semi-autonomous tribal agencies, where American and Indian backed militants have carved out strongholds used to plot attacks on the country, which has lost more than 3,000 soldiers in the fight against these insurgents.
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