Oct 24 2009

Army captures Pakistani Taliban leader’s hometown (AP)

Army captures Pakistani Taliban leader’s hometown
(AP)

Security personal stand at the checkpoint where a suicide attack took place in Kamra, Pakistan, Friday, Oct. 23, 2009. A suicide bomber struck a checkpoint near a major air force complex in northwest Pakistan Friday, killing seven people as the army wages an anti-Taliban offensive along the Afghan border. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)AP – The army captured the strategically located hometown of Pakistan’s Taliban chief Saturday after fierce fighting, officials said, snagging its first big prize in a major U.S.-backed offensive along the Afghan border.

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