[chottala.com] Pakistan - JehaaDi ambush kills 30

Pakistan militant ambush kills 30

• Story Highlights
• Islamic militants ambush military convoy in northwestern Pakistan
  
• Clash leaves 23 fighters and 7 troops dead
  
• Pro-Taliban group claims responsibility for the attack
  
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) -- Suspected Islamic militants ambushed a military convoy in northwestern Pakistan on Monday, sparking a clash that left 23 fighters and seven troops dead, the army said.

The fighting broke out security forces retaliated to the ambush in Mohmand, a tribal region near the border with Afghanistan, said Maj. Gen. Waheed Arshad, the army's top spokesman.

The convoy of paramilitary troops was traveling from their base in Ghalanai when it came under fire as it passed through a stronghold of Taliban fighters, said Murad Khan, a Ghalanai resident.

Maulvi Muhammad Umer, spokesman for Tehrik-i-Taliban, an umbrella group for various pro-Taliban forces, claimed responsibility for the attack. He denied that the rebels had suffered any fatalities, admitting only that "some of our men sustained injuries during the clash." E-mail to a friend

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