Pakistani officials say at least 50 insurgents have been killed during a two-day army offensive in the country's restive north-west region.
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Musharraf 'to face impeachment' ... was aimed at clearing extremist fighters from a strategic road tunnel and other hideouts in the troubled region of Dara Adam Khel. It comes days after the deadly bombing of the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad which claimed the lives of 53 people. Pakistan is also under pressure from Washington to crack down on Taliban and Al-Qaeda rebels based near the Afghan border.
(Deutsche Welle)
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