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| Afghans 'repel big militant attack on border army base' | Afghans 'repel big militant attack on border army base' |
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| Afghan forces backed by Nato air power have repelled an assault by more than 300 militants including foreign fighters on an army base close to the Pakistani border, officials say. | Afghan forces backed by Nato air power have repelled an assault by more than 300 militants including foreign fighters on an army base close to the Pakistani border, officials say. |
| They say that the fighting took place in south-eastern Afghanistan, close to Pakistan's Waziristan region. | They say that the fighting took place in south-eastern Afghanistan, close to Pakistan's Waziristan region. |
| Nato has not commented on the clashes, although local people told the BBC that Nato aircraft took part. | Nato has not commented on the clashes, although local people told the BBC that Nato aircraft took part. |
| Scores of militants from the Haqqani network were killed, officials say. | Scores of militants from the Haqqani network were killed, officials say. |
| No militant group has commented on the fighting, but defence ministry officials say those orchestrating the attack were Pakistan-based militants who tried to storm an army base in the remote border district of Zirkuk in Paktika province. | No militant group has commented on the fighting, but defence ministry officials say those orchestrating the attack were Pakistan-based militants who tried to storm an army base in the remote border district of Zirkuk in Paktika province. |
| Officials said that five Afghan National Army soldiers were killed, six injured and one taken prisoner. | |