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The fighting took place in the same Jogi area as clashes that killed six soldiers on January 25 in the district of Kurram, tribal belt along the Afghan border. After those clashes, security forces had claimed to have taken control. A senior military official told AFP that "more than 300 Taliban attacked" the checkpost at around midnight (1900 GMT Monday) in central Kurram. Pakistani security forces retaliated and killed around 25 militants, but seven soldiers were also killed and 10 others wounded, the official said.