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Taliban pre-dawn raid kills 23

Attack on Pakistan army post leaves 10 civilians among dead

By RIAZ KHAN THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Posted: February 3, 2013 at 5:07 a.m.

Taliban militants wearing suicide vests fired automatic weapons and rocket-propelled grenades at an army post in northwestern Pakistan in a pre-dawn raid Saturday, killing 23 people, including 10 civilians, officials said.

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