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Pakistanis 'kill 100 militants' Bush approves US Pakistan attacks
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Security officials in Pakistan say their forces have killed up to 100 militants on the Afghan border. President George W Bush has authorised US military raids against militants inside Pakistan without prior approval from Islamabad, the BBC has learned.
An official said that "80 to 100 militants were killed in Bajaur today, most of them are foreigners". There is no independent confirmation. An unnamed senior Pentagon official told the BBC the classified order had been made within the past two months.
The announcement came as it emerged that President George W Bush had secretly approved US military raids inside Pakistan against the militants. On Wednesday, the US's top military commander said the US was shifting its strategy in Afghanistan to include raids across the border into Pakistan.
Pakistan has said it will not allow foreign forces onto its territory.Pakistan has said it will not allow foreign forces onto its territory.
Meanwhile, security officials in Pakistan say they have killed up to 100 militants on the Afghan border. There is no confirmation.
The US say that Pakistan's north-west tribal areas are being used as "safe havens" by militants preparing attacks on Afghanistan.
But Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff, Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, said there was "no question of any agreement or understanding with the coalition forces whereby they are allowed to conduct operations on our side of the border".