A PAKISTANI official says an anti-Taleban militia has killed 13 militants in clashes near the Afghan border.
Local
administrator Noor Alam Khan says several militiamen and insurgents
were also wounded in the gunbattles on Friday and Saturday in the
Kurram tribal region.
Encouraged by Islamabad,
the tribesmen recently formed the militia to kill or evict Taleban
militants and their supporters from the region. They have killed 25
insurgents in clashes this week.
Kurram is
located near Afghanistan. The Pakistani military also has carried out
several offensives against Taleban who are hiding in the area after
escaping last year's offensive in the nearby Orakzai tribal region. -
AP
