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Jul 21, 2008

Rebels clash in SW Pakistan; 36 killed: officials (Reuters)

Pakistani paramilitary soldiers stand alert in a bunker at the Bara Shekhan area of the troubled Khyber tribal district on July 3. Pakistani troops and gunships killed 15 pro-Taliban militants and captured 60 others while clearing a restive northwestern town near the Afghan border.(AFP/File/Tariq Mahmood)Reuters - At least 36 people were killed in clashes between security forces and militants in a part of southwest Pakistan where nationalist rebels have fought a low-level insurgency for years, paramilitary officials said on Monday.