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PESHAWAR: Pakistani troops backed by helicopter gunships and artillery have killed more than 50 militants in a two-day offensive near the NWFP capital Peshawar, the army said.
A soldier was also slain in the operation to clear extremist fighters from a strategic road tunnel and other hideouts in the troubled region of Darra Adamkhel, said army spokesman Major Murad Khan.
?Helicopter gunships and artillery are pounding the miscreants' hideouts. More than 50 miscreants have been killed and one soldier was also martyred,? Khan told AFP.
Security forces on Monday launched ?search and cordon? operations in the lawless area, Khan said.
Troops on Monday also took control of the Japanese-built Kohat tunnel, a key road leading out of Peshawar that was occupied by militants last month, Khan added.
Darra Adamkhel is located between the cities of Peshawar and Kohat, and is home to Pakistan's biggest private weapons market.
Officials said earlier that a separate military operation in the troubled tribal region of Bajaur had left 10 militants dead.
An Indian newspaper is reporting that Pakistani security forces fired back at US helicopter gunships forcing them to return. However I can not find another source.
I don't have anything to say anymore. All I can say that an unstable Pakistan will harm the whole world; strategically, security-wise and financially. A lot of the world's trade passes through Pakistan and that is set to increase with a new port at Gwadar for China and the CIS. I must move my financial assets out of these country (or atleast have a viable alternative to go to if things get our of control). But I don't know where. It feels like the whole world is going through financial crisis. Probably the Middle East or Europe.