29 militants killed in Pakistan (Lead)
April 10th, 2010 - 12:09 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, April 9 (IANS) Twenty-nine militants were killed in fighting with the security forces in northwest Pakistan Friday, a media report said.
The fighting took place in the Kurram and Orakzai areas.
Eighteen militants were killed at a checkpoint in Orakzai, Geo TV said.
Lt. Col. Tahir Akram, a spokesman for the paramilitary Frontier Corps, said the insurgents from the nearby Khyber region attacked the security personnel stationed at the checkpoint to retake it.
Orakzai is a stronghold of the Taliban.
Four militants were captured and one soldier was wounded in the process, he said.
Later Friday, 11 militants were killed in a shootout in Kurram Agency.
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