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Article: Pakistan attacks Taliban in Swat Valley
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- May 7, 2009
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Salman Masood and Carlotta Gall The New York Times
International Herald Tribune
05-07-2009
Pakistan attacks Taliban in Swat Valley
Byline: Salman Masood and Carlotta Gall The New York Times
Edition: 3
Section: NEWS
Mingora, Pakistan: --
As the president of Pakistan prepared for talks in Washington on Wednesday, Pakistani security forces, under American pressure to show greater resolve in combating militants, claimed to have killed at least 35 Taliban fighters in hotly contested areas of the country's northwest.
The reported clashes, which could not be independently confirmed because the area is closed to journalists, centered on parts of the Swat Valley, north of Islamabad. Taliban fighters ...