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Article: Militants Want Talks.
- Article from:
- APS Diplomat News Service
- Article date:
- January 21, 2008
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On the other hand, militant leaders in the tribal belt on Jan. 19 indicated they wanted to negotiate with Islamabad a truce as a first step, pending a peace deal. This followed a series of deadly attacks on government forces during the past week. They claimed that on Jan. 16, several hundred of their forces armed with assault rifles and rockets had stormed the remote Sararogha Fort in South Waziristan and routed its garrison from the Frontier Constabulary (FC), a paramilitary force formed of men from the area. Pakistani military spokesman Maj Gen Athar Abbas said 40 militants had been killed in an exchange of fire when they managed to enter the fort after blowing up a ...
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