10-27-2009, 06:37 AM
<b>Army suffers losses in Pak</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Pakistani forces fought pitched battles with Taliban fighters in their bid to wrest their hub of Sararogha in South Waziristan killing 34 militants to raise the terrorist death toll to 227. The forces, however, lost 11 soldiers as insurgents opened new fronts in the lawless region.
Six soldiers were killed in pitched battles as the troops advanced from Kotkai to capture Sararogha and Jandola but had to face heavy resistance from well entrenched Taliban militants at Ghalai village. With Mondayâs heavy losses Pakistani army casualties climbed up to 30.
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Six soldiers were killed in pitched battles as the troops advanced from Kotkai to capture Sararogha and Jandola but had to face heavy resistance from well entrenched Taliban militants at Ghalai village. With Mondayâs heavy losses Pakistani army casualties climbed up to 30.
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