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Pakistan Army Launches Operation Against Taliban In Swat District

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In the image above, armed Taliban militants move to take up positions in the Swat district of Pakistan’s North West Frontier Province. The Urdu-language newspaper Roznama Mashriq reported that the Pakistan army on Wednesday launched a decisive military operation against the Taliban fighters in the Swat district.

According to the report, 25 Taliban fighters, including a senior commander, were killed during the fighting on Wednesday. Five Pakistani security men, including two officers of the Pakistan army, were also killed. According to the report, the Taliban claimed to have killed 30 Pakistani security men.

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