From The AFP:KHAR, Pakistan (AFP) — Hundreds of Taliban militants attacked a checkpost in a Pakistani tribal area bordering Afghanistan, sparking fierce clashes in which 10 troops and 25 rebels were killed, officials said Thursday.
Helicopter gunships pounded insurgent positions during the fighting, which erupted when paramilitary forces reoccupied a security post in the Bajaur tribal zone which they had abandoned several months earlier.
Mountainous Bajaur is a known haven for Taliban and Al-Qaeda militants, against whom Washington has urged Pakistan's fledgling government to crack down.
"The fighting is intense and ongoing," a top security official told AFP. "Up to 25 militants were killed and at least 10 Frontier Corps soldiers have also been martyred. Some are critically wounded."
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My Comment: This region of Pakistan is now experiencing a fill blown war. Casualties are going to be high .... and this is a war that is escalating only now.
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