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Summary A top Pakistan military commander was slightly wounded Wednesday when his helicopter was fired on.
Major General Javed Iqbal, one of Pakistans top commanders in the northwest, was airborne when gunfire from the ground hit his helicopter in the mountainous village of Nusrat Darra in the north of the valley.The chopper was flying over the Dir region near the Afghan border when it was attacked, said army spokesman Maj. Gen. Athar Abbas.He said Maj. Gen. Javed Iqbal was shot in the leg during the incident, but that the chopper was able to keep flying. Later, he was operated on to take the bullets out.Iqbal is the commanding officer in Swat Valley, which the army wrestled from Taliban hands in 2009.
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