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To read the biggest stories of the day on your mobile, type mobile.ndtv.com on your phone browser. Did Benazir Bhutto pay the price for going against the fundamentalists? Sunday, July 20, 2008 (Islamabad) The Pakistan army said it had killed 15 militants and detained 60 others in a five-day operation in the country's troubled northwest as the Taliban issued a fresh threat to execute 29 hostages if the military action was not halted. Security forces pounded their hideouts with helicopter gunships following an overnight attack on a fort in the restive North West Frontier Province. Three Frontier Corps personnel were injured when Taliban fighters attacked the paramilitary fort in Torawari area of Hangu district. Following the assault on the outpost, security forces used mortars and gunship helicopters to pound militant hideouts... [read full story]
