5 die as Taliban clash with Pak forces
Afp, Peshawar
Taliban militants fought running battles with security forces Wednesday in the Pakistani town of Tank, killing five civilians in a rocket blast at a bus stop, officials said. A further 17 people, including five security officials, were injured after the fighting broke out in Tank, a northwestern town that adjoins the volatile Waziristan tribal area on the Afghan border. "The militants fired several rockets from three directions and one of them hit a group of people waiting at the bus stand, killing five civilians," local district police chief Zulfiqar Cheema told AFP.
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