Pakistan Army: Taliban Holding Town Hostage (ap)

Soldiers of Pakistan para military force rest during a break in curfew in Pakistani troubled district of Lower Dir on Thursday, April 30, 2009. Pakistani airstrikes killed dozens of Taliban fighters in a fierce struggle to drive them from a district near the capital, while the militants took over police stations and kidnapped more than 50 security forces, the army said. (AP Photo/Ruhullah Shakir)AP – Troops sent to repel a Taliban advance toward the Pakistani capital killed 14 suspected militants, the army said Thursday, and accused insurgents of holding an entire town hostage.

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