Pakistani officials say at least 50 insurgents have been killed during a two-day army offensive in the country's restive north-west region.
The operation was aimed at clearing extremist fighters from a strategic road tunnel and other hideouts in the troubled region of Dara Adam Khel. It comes days after the deadly bombing of the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad Militants claim Marriott attack ...
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(Deutsche Welle)
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