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Summary At least three soldiers and 34 militants were killed on Thursday in a gunbattle in Khyber along Afgh
The fighting erupted when Pakistans paramilitary Frontier Corps (FC) launched a search operation in the Malik din Khel area of Khyber.The strategically important Khyber district lies between Peshawar and Afghanistan and is the main route for NATO supplies in Afghanistan.Mutahir Zeb, the top administrative official of Khyber, said militants from Lashkar-e-Islam (army of Islam) were involved.At least 34 militants and three soldiers were killed during an encounter, a paramilitary statement said.Security forces responded effectively and have cleared the area of militants, it said.
