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PESHAWAR: At least two soldiers and five militants died in a shootout in a northwestern tribal area Saturday, where a suicide bomber killed 51 people at a mosque a day earlier, officials said.
The gun battle took place in Akakhel village in Khyber tribal district as paramilitary troops were carrying out a search operation, a day after the suicide bombing .
"Two paramilitary soldiers were martyred and eight others were wounded in gunfight with militants," Khyber administration chief Mutahar Zeb told AFP.
"Five militants were also killed in the fighting," he added.
A senior paramilitary official confirmed the clash and casualties.
Copyright AFP (Agence France-Presse), 2011
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