At least six militants belonging to a banned outfit were killed as they engaged in an exchange of fire with Frontier Corps (FC) in Johan area of district Kalat in Balochistan on Sunday.

According to an FC spokesperson, automatic weapons were recovered from the possession of the militants.

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The military barraged the Wan Hai village headquarters of the Shan State Army-North (SSA-N) shortly after midnight on Thursday, with more locals fleeing the area overnight.

No casualties were reported, but a house and car were damaged during the mortar bombardment, according to SSA-N spokesman Lt-Col Sai La.

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The Taliban have overrun a district in northern Afghanistan’s Takhar province, and intense battles were underway Wednesday as government forces fought to retake it, an official said.

Six Afghan security forces were killed in the fighting over Darqad district, which borders Tajikistan, according to Sonatullah Taimor, the spokesman for the provincial governor. The area was not affected by the earthquake that struck northern Afghanistan on Monday, with its epicenter in the neighboring province of Badakhshan, he said.

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A battle took place Thursday between KIA’s 9th Battalion troops and Burmese Army troops under 99th Light Infantry Division at Man Bung Pa, located near Hu Hpyet in Kutkai Township, at 7:40 am, said a KIA frontline source.

On the same day, another battle took place between a combined force of KIA’s 29th and 39th Battalion troops and Burmese Army troops under 99th LID at Mang Hang Bum in Kutkai Township at around 8:15 am.

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Fighter jets Thursday pounded militant hideouts in Khyber Agency, killing at least 21 terrorists and injuring several others, Samaa reported Thursday.

The strikes were carried out late Thursday in the Rajgal and Tirah areas of the Khyber tribal district.

“Twenty-one terrorists were killed in precise aerial strikes last night in remote areas of Rajgal and Tirah,” the military said in a brief statement.

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