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Militants storm Pakistan checkpoint

Published: Aug. 29, 2012 at 10:51 AM

PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Aug. 29 (UPI) -- Militants stormed a Pakistani military checkpoint in South Waziristan Wednesday, killing at least eight soldiers and injuring six others, the army said.

A senior security official in Peshawar told Pakistan's Geo News that the militants were armed with rockets and grenades.

Eighteen militants were reported killed when the army returned fire.

A search was under way for any militants who escaped.

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