A paramedic examines a girl who was injured in a air strike in Mir Ali at a local hospital in Peshawar October 10, 2007. Pakistani artillery bombarded Taliban and al Qaeda positions on Wednesday as villagers buried relatives killed by an air strike during the heaviest fighting seen so far in a tribal area near the Afghan border. Reuters Pictures 28 months ago

A paramedic examines a girl who was injured in a air strike in Mir Ali at a local hospital in Peshawar October 10, 2007. Pakistani artillery bombarded Taliban and al Qaeda positions on Wednesday as villagers buried relatives killed by an air strike during the heaviest fighting seen so far in a tribal area near the Afghan border.

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