DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan — Taliban fighters armed with rocket launchers attacked a security checkpoint in a northwest Pakistani tribal region where the army has staged anti-insurgent operations, sparking a clash that killed eight Pakistani soldiers and 10 militants, intelligence officials said Thursday. Hours later, a roadside bomb hit a passenger vehicle elsewhere in the northwest, killing four people, including a woman and a child, police said. The attacks underscored that militant groups along Pakistan’s border with Afghanistan remain a lethal threat despite Pakistani army offensives against them, as well as U.S. missile strikes that target their hideouts. Read full article > >

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