PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Commandos in Pakistan have been battling fierce resistance in a raid on a militant compound near Peshawar.
One militant was killed and five others arrested.
The raid targeted a bombing cell accused in recent attacks. The northwestern Pakistani city is a main gateway to the Afghan border region where many al-Qaida and Taliban militants are based.
Militants have carried out a wave of deadly attacks in apparent retaliation for a Pakistan army offensive in the tribal area of South Waziristan.
Officials say the raid netted a cache of suicide jackets, as well as a number of bombs, grenades, rocket-propelled grenades and other weapons.
Pakistani security forces also killed 13 suspected militants in gunbattles in two other parts of the volatile northwest region.
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<<APPHOTO DIR101 (12/06/09)>>
: A Pakistani police officer stands guard as volunteers carry a body of suspected militant, killed by security forces, for burial in Tamirgrah, the main town of Pakistan's Lower Dir district, Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009. Security forces killed eight alleged militants hiding in a house in the Maidan area in Lower Dir district, Maj. Suleman Hanif an army spokesman said. The soldiers recovered weapons including two rocket launchers and eight assault rifles.
