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PESHAWAR, Pakistan — About 100 militants attacked an important security checkpoint near this city early today, sparking a three-hour clash that left two police officers and 15 insurgents dead, police said.
The attack on the Sangu Mera checkpoint comes amid Taliban threats to avenge the May 2 U.S. raid that killed Osama bin Laden elsewhere in Pakistan’s volatile northwest. But it is more likely tied to the Pakistani military’s offensives against militant groups in its tribal belt bordering Afghanistan.
