Pakistan army says fighters killed

Pakistan army says fighters killed - Aljazeera.net

The Pakistani military has killed 21 opposition fighters in its operations to remove the Taliban as a presence in the northwest.

A military statement on Tuesday also said that three soldiers had died in the fighting in the Swat valley.

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