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20 militants killed in Pakistan

By IANS,

Islamabad: At least 20 militants and a security personnel were killed and 25 soldiers wounded Friday in a clash in Pakistan’s northwest tribal region bordering Afghanistan, a media report said.

The militants set off a roadside bomb near a Pakistani army convoy in Khanki area of Upper Orakzai close to the Afghan border.

The bombing sparked the clash that killed one soldier and 20 militants, Wajid Khan, a local government official, told Online news agency.