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11 Pakistani Troops Killed in US Attack

HeadlineJun 11, 2008

Meanwhile in Pakistan, the US military is being blamed for killing eleven Pakistani soldiers stationed near the Afghan border. The attack came in a disputed area where Taliban fighters were thought to be holding captured Afghan soldiers. Pakistan says the US bombed its soldiers while backing Afghanistan’s operation. It was the latest in a series of US air strikes inside Pakistan that have killed scores of people in the past year.

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