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Article: Pakistan: Six suspected foreign militants killed in tribal region, official says
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- October 15, 2005
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SAILAB MAHSUD, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
10-15-2005
Dateline: WANA, Pakistan
Security forces fatally shot six suspected foreign Islamic militants and arrested two others in a shootout at a road block in a tribal region in northwestern Pakistan on Saturday, an intelligence official said.
The gunbattle occurred near Ladha, a small town in the South Waziristan tribal region, the official said on condition of anonymity because he is not authorized to make media comments.
The militants, who were traveling in a pickup truck, opened fire at the soldiers after they were ordered to surrender. The troops retaliated, he said.
No soldiers were injured. The troops seized an ...