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Thu 05 May 2009Fighting between Pakistan's army and Taliban intensifies
PAKISTANI HELICOPTER gunships pounded a Taliban-controlled emerald mine and other positions in the Swat valley yesterday, killing dozens of insurgents as fighting intensified across the North West Frontier province.
Amid expectations of an imminent army operation, fighters dug into positions across the main town, Mingora, as terrified residents fled the valley on foot across mountain paths.
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