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Last Taliban stronghold captured by Pakistan army

Pakistan villagers

Pakistani troops pushing deeper into South Waziristan yesterday razed the house of the militant leader Baitullah Mehsud, killed by a US drone strike this summer, as they assaulted the last of three Taliban strongholds. Full Article at The Independent

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