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20 soldiers killed in Pakistan, another 25 wounded

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^{Published on: Sat, 17 Dec 2011 at 10:38 IST}

20 soldiers killed in Pakistan, another 25 wounded

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Islamabad: In Pakistan's northwest tribal region bordering Afghanistan, at least 20 militants and a security personnel were killed and 25 soldiers wounded in a clash on Friday.

The militants set off a roadside bomb near a Pakistani army convoy in Khanki area of Upper Orakzai close to the Afghan border.

The bombing sparked the clash that killed one soldier and 20 militants, Wajid Khan, a local government official told.

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