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| | GEO Pakistan | | Fifty militants killed in Buner operation: DG ISPR | Updated at: 1730 PST, Wednesday, April 29, 2009
 ISLAMABAD: Director General Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) Maj. Gen. Athar Abbas Wednesday said 50 militants were killed when security forces backed by gunship helicopters pounded militants positions in Buner on Wednesday.
Giving a press briefing here, the DG ISPR said 2 caches of militants’ arms were also destroyed in Buner.
He said operation is underway in Ambela and Milandar and that stiff resistance is being faced by the troops in mountainous area of Ambela.
The DG ISPR said the armed forces secured control of Dagar after a successful operation and the civil administration has been asked assume control of the area. One security man was killed and three injured in the action.
Maj. Gen. Athar Abbas said the forces also managed to recover 18 FC men out of 70 abducted by the militants. However, he said the militants’ siege on Ziarat Pir Baba, Sultan Was and Nawagai police staions continues.
He said Pakistan’s armed forces possess the capability of dealing with any kind of security challenge. The armed forces will never disappoint Pakistan’s nation, he added. |  |
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