Soldiers fought for control of the Pakistani Taliban chief's hometown Wednesday, pressing forward with a major offensive targeting an insurgent stronghold along the Afghan border, authorities said.
The battle raged as intelligence officials said suspected U.S. missiles killed two militants in a neighboring region _ a potentially troubling strike because it hit territory controlled by another militant faction the army has coaxed into neutrality during its offensive.
The five-day-old operation in South Waziristan is considered a critical test of the nuclear-armed country's campaign against Islamist extremists blamed for soaring attacks at home and on Western …
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