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Pakistan's army has been fighting to root out al Qaeda-linked rebels in the northwest of the country since August 2008
Pakistan's army says it has cleared a major part of the volatile militant-prone tribal region of Mohmand, as part of its on-going counter insurgency operations, the Dawn newspaper reported on Thursday.
Corps Commander Peshawar Lt. Gen Asif Yasin Malik said that the army had reclaimed 80 to 85 percent of the Mohmand Agency – which makes up part of Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) bordering Afghanistan – from militants.
Malik said that the army was clearing the region of land mines so that internally displaced people from Mohmand can return to the area and remain safe.
The Pakistani army has been fighting to root out al Qaeda-linked rebels in the northwest of the country since August 2008. The clashes have forced hundreds of thousands of people to flee to relief camps or seek refuge with host families.
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