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Family members of a security guard killed in an attack by militants in Pakistani tribal area of Kber, mourn during his funeral on Friday, Feb 3, 2012 in Peshawar, Pakistan. An attack on a security forces check post in Khyber region has left one guard dead and 4 others injured, according to security sources. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)

Taliban kill 7 Pakistani soldiers, abduct 4

PARACHINAR, Pakistan -- A large group of Islamist militants attacked a Pakistani army checkpoint near the Afghan border on Friday, killing seven paramilitary soldiers and abducting four, a government official and a spokesman for the insurgents said.

In this photo taken Saturday, June 11, 2011, Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, right, Pakistani army chief Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, center, and Pakistani intelligence Chief Lt. Gen. Ahmed Shuja Pasha, left, attend a meeting in Islamabad, Pakistan. Kayani has denied accusations that the military is working to oust the country's civilian government amid tension over a secret memo sent to Washington earlier this year about an alleged coup, the military said Friday, Dec. 23, 2011. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

Pakistani army denies intention to oust government

ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan's army chief denied accusations that the military is working to oust the country's civilian government amid tension over a secret memo sent to Washington earlier this year about an alleged coup, the military said Friday.

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