ISLAMABAD: A soldier and 16 Taliban militants were killed Saturday after an ambush on a border post in Pakistan's restive northwestern tribal area, military officials said.
"Up to 200 Taliban militants from across the border attacked a group of Pakistani posts and at least 16 militants were killed in the fierce fighting," a senior military official told AFP.
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