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Article: Scores dead in Swat Valley violence.
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- Aljazeera.net
- Article date:
- August 25, 2008
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8/23/2008 3:58:00 PM
Scores of people are reported to have been killed amid renewed fighting and a suicide bomb attack in Pakistan.
At least 18 people were killed and 10 wounded after a suicide bomber drove a vehicle loaded with explosives into a police station in Swat Valley on Saturday.
Taliban fighters in the valley claimed responsibility for the blast on Saturday and vowed to carry out more strikes if the government did not stop military operations in the region.
Shortly after the attack, Pakistani troops killed 35 fighters in fighting that broke out after pro-Taliban fighters ambushed a security patrol, a military official said.