Fighting near Afghan border kills 52

A fresh burst of fighting between local and foreign militants near the Afghan border killed 52 people today, a senior government official said.

Fighting near Afghan border kills 52

A fresh burst of fighting between local and foreign militants near the Afghan border killed 52 people today, a senior government official said.

Interior Minister Aftab Khan Sherpao said 45 Uzbek militants and seven tribesmen died in the fighting in South Waziristan, a remote border region where Taliban fighters take refuge and the United States fears that al Qaida is regrouping.

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