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Pakistan army raid 'kills rebels' Pakistan army raid 'kills rebels'
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Pakistan's army says troops backed by artillery and helicopter gunships have killed 26 militants in an attack near the Afghan border.Pakistan's army says troops backed by artillery and helicopter gunships have killed 26 militants in an attack near the Afghan border.
The army said the battle took place in Mohmand, North-West Frontier Province, said to be a hub for Taleban militants.The army said the battle took place in Mohmand, North-West Frontier Province, said to be a hub for Taleban militants.
Earlier, Pakistan's president said his country would not allow use of its soil for terrorist activity.Earlier, Pakistan's president said his country would not allow use of its soil for terrorist activity.
It came after the US said elements in Pakistan's ISI military intelligence were still supporting the Taleban.It came after the US said elements in Pakistan's ISI military intelligence were still supporting the Taleban.
Adm Mike Mullen, the chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, said in a CNN interview on Friday night the ISI had links with militants on both Pakistan's borders with Afghanistan and India.Adm Mike Mullen, the chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, said in a CNN interview on Friday night the ISI had links with militants on both Pakistan's borders with Afghanistan and India.
"Twenty-six insurgents have been killed during a successful operation by the security forces in the Sapri region of Mohmand district," the Frontier Corps said in a statement, reported by AFP news agency. Supply trucks torched
Mohmand is one of seven tribal districts in north-west Pakistan where government forces have been battling Taleban militants and insurgents linked to al-Qaeda for months. Earlier on Saturday, the Taleban destroyed 12 parked trucks laden with supplies for Nato personnel in Afghanistan - the latest in a series of similar attacks - near Peshawar, capital of North-West Frontier Province.
Earlier on Saturday, the Taleban destroyed 12 parked trucks - laden with supplies for Nato personnel in Afghanistan - near the city of Peshawar, capital of North-West Frontier Province.
The Pakistan-Afghan border is at the centre of the new US military strategy
During heavy fighting with police, militants armed with rockets targeted the Farhad transport terminal - the latest in a series of attacks on goods bound for foreign forces over the border.
The battle came as families buried their dead a day after a suicide attack that killed at least 50 people at a packed mosque in North-West Frontier Province's Khyber tribal agency.The battle came as families buried their dead a day after a suicide attack that killed at least 50 people at a packed mosque in North-West Frontier Province's Khyber tribal agency.
US President Barack Obama has thrust the Afghan-Pakistan border to the centre of his new strategy.US President Barack Obama has thrust the Afghan-Pakistan border to the centre of his new strategy.
On Friday he warned that growing radical forces in Afghanistan and the boundary area in Pakistan posed the greatest threat to the American people and the world.On Friday he warned that growing radical forces in Afghanistan and the boundary area in Pakistan posed the greatest threat to the American people and the world.
Mr Obama proposed a big spending programme on infrastructure projects, and said 4,000 extra troops would be sent to Afghanistan to train security forces. Afghan President Hamid Karzai praised the US review.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai praised the US review for its focus on countering militant activity in Pakistan, a longstanding complaint of Mr Karzai's.
Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari also welcomed Washington's new strategy in a speech to parliament in Islamabad on Saturday, calling it an endorsement of his own government's counter-extremism policy.Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari also welcomed Washington's new strategy in a speech to parliament in Islamabad on Saturday, calling it an endorsement of his own government's counter-extremism policy.
Cross-border operations
He also said his country would not allow anyone to violate its sovereignty, although he did not specifically criticise US missile attacks on Pakistani territory as he has done in the past.He also said his country would not allow anyone to violate its sovereignty, although he did not specifically criticise US missile attacks on Pakistani territory as he has done in the past.
The president is the widower of assassinated politician Benazir Bhutto
Cross-border operations by US-led forces have angered Pakistani authorities in recent months.Cross-border operations by US-led forces have angered Pakistani authorities in recent months.
In his speech to parliament Mr Zardari also recommended the lifting of governor's rule in Punjab province, the imposition of which led to a dangerous confrontation between the opposition and the government.
The BBC's Barbara Plett in Islamabad says the West will welcome the president's move as it wants nuclear-armed Pakistan to focus on eradicating militant havens.
Mr Zardari's decision to lift direct federal control of the Punjab is being seen as his second climbdown in recent weeks.
Pakistan's one-year-old civilian government was plunged into turmoil this month as opposition leader Nawaz Sharif threw his weight behind a nationwide protest march on the parliament.
The former prime minister and his brother, Shahbaz, who is chief minister of Punjab, were disqualified by the authorities earlier this year from holding elected office.
Western governments and the Pakistan army persuaded Mr Zardari to defuse the crisis by submitting to opposition demands to reinstate the independent-minded Supreme Court chief justice.