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Article: Pakistani security forces continue operation in tribal region
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- June 29, 2008
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Pakistani security forces continue operation in tribal region
ISLAMABAD, June 29 (Xinhua) -- Pakistani security forces Sunday
continued operation against militant groups in a tribal region on
the second day and destroyed two more centers, officials said.
The government sent more reinforcement to the tribal Khyber
agency, only a few kilometers away from Peshawar, the capital of
North West Frontier Province.
Three extremist groups, Lashkar-e-Islam, Ansar-ul-Islam and Amar
bil Maroof Wa Nahe Anil Munkir, have been active in the Khyber
agency, and involved in internal clashes.
Lashkar-e-Islam fighters, who controlled some roads and small
villages, have recently involved in fierce fighting ...