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16 killed in ambush

Islamabad: At least 16 people, including a dozen paramilitary personnel, were killed on Saturday in fighting between security forces and the Taliban in Pakistan’s North West.

A gun battle erupted after hundreds of heavily armed local Taliban ambushed a Frontier Corps convoy at Zargari in NWFP.

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