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Pakistan raids Al-Qaeda bases

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's army destroyed suspected Al-Qaeda hideouts in an air strike near the Afghan border on Tuesday, killing several militants including foreigners, the army said.

The raid in South Waziristan came days after the U.S. intelligence chief said leaders of both Al-Qaeda and Afghanistan's former ruling Taliban militia were finding shelter in Pakistan's lawless frontier areas. An army statement said intelligence sources confirmed the presence of 25 to 30 foreign terrorists and their local facilitators occupying five compounds in the area of Zamzola — a village about 3 km from the frontier. Pakistani forces backed by helicopter gunships attacked them, destroying three of the compounds.

``We believe most of them [the terrorists] were killed, but we don't have a body count,'' said army spokesman Maj. Gen. Shaukat Sultan.

He said some were foreigners. No security forces were hurt. — AP

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