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Pak troops kill 19 al-Qaeda militants

AFP, Khar
At least 19 al-Qaeda linked militants were killed yesterday when Pakistani fighter aircraft bombarded their hideouts in a tribal region near the Afghan border, a security official said.
The casualties were in the rugged Bajaur region, where Pakistani troops launched a major offensive against Islamic militants last month.
Meanwhile at least five people were killed when four missiles fired by suspected US drones yesterday struck a compound in a northwestern Pakistani tribal area near the Afghan border, officials said.
"Five people including foreigners were killed and three others injured when the missiles hit a compound in Baghar Cheena area
'Ih'the restive South Waziristan’ region," a security official told AFP
The operation near the Afghan border has left more than 800 people dead, mostly militants, and also displaced 260,000, officials said.
"Fighter jets bombarded militant hideouts Wednesday, killing 19 rebels and wounding 16 others," a security official told AFP.
"Helicopter gunships also shelled bunkers dug up by mili-
tants in Rashakai, Zarmandi, Kossar and Banda areas," the official added.
The casualty figure could not be independently verified.
Pakistan's tribal regions have been wracked by violence since thousands ofTaliban and Al-Qaeda rebels sneaked into the country after the US-led invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001.
US and Afghan officials have claimed that militants use the mountainous region to launch cross-border attacks on international troops based in Afghanistan.
Violence linked to Pakistan's role in the "war on terror” has claimed the lives of more than 1,200 people in suicide and bomb attacks across the country in the pastyear.
Meanwhile at least five geo pie were killed when four missiles Rrw-by suspected US drone's Wednesday struck a compound in a northwestern Pakistani tribal area near the Afghan border, officials said.
"Five people including foreigners were killed and three others injured when the missiles hit a compound in Baghar Cheena area in the restive South Waziristan region," a security official told AFP.