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Pakistan army kills 27 militants in tribal region

ISLAMABAD, Oct. 12 (Xinhua) -- Pakistan's security forces on Sunday launched military operation and killed 27 militants in northwestern tribal region.

At least 27 militants were killed in Orakzai tribal agency and 12 potential suicide bombers were among the dead, local Dawn News TV channel quoted military sources as saying.

A bomb blast on Saturday hit a jirga, ...

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