Officials: Pakistan army enters Taliban stronghold
By The Associated Press
This article was published November 4, 2009 at 7:51 a.m.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistani soldiers battled Taliban fighters Wednesday in the streets of a key militant stronghold, officials said, as government forces pressed ahead with their offensive in the tribal region of South Waziristan.
The soldiers were fighting street by street through the mountainous town of Ladha, the military said in a statement. Over the past day, the fighting left 10 militants dead in Ladha and 30 dead across the region, it said. Eight soldiers have been injured.
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