Pakistan slowly falling
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By Nancy-Amelia Collins
VOA News
The http://www.wvwnews.net/story.php?id=2829 militants linked to al Qaida captured a remote military outpost located along South Waziristan’s mountainous border with Afghanistan.
Military spokesman General Athar Abbas said about 300 Islamic militants attacked the Sararogha Fort from four sides late Tuesday evening.”Around 300 plus miscreants launched a fresh attack with rocket fire and small arms fire and they were able to make a hole in the wall at the moment the fort has been captured by the militants,” he said.
Abbas says 15 troops were able to escape to an army base in Jandola, located around 35 kilometers east of Sararogha Fort, but up to 25 others are missing and feared dead.
Abbas also claimed the military killed 40 militants during Tuesday evening’s attack.
The government has since recaptured Swat Valley, but sporadic fighting continues in the region.
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