KOTA, Pakistan, July 21 (Reuters) - Pakistani troops have killed over 50 militants in two days of fighting in the Lower Dir district, the military officials said. The security forces conducted a search and cordon operation in several villages of Lower Dir on July 19 and 20 against militants who had fled a military offensive in the neighbouring Swat valley, the military said in a statement. "During the operation, over 50 militants were killed and several wounded," according to the statement issued by the paramilitary Frontier Corps late on Monday. (Reporting by Junaid Khan;/Writing by Augustine Anthony; Editing by Simon Cameron-Moore)
Paramilitary troops patrol a residential area around Arthur Road Jail, where Mohammad Ajmal Kasab, the lone surviving gunman of the Mumbai attacks is being held, in Mumbai July 20, 2009. Kasab ...
