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Villagers besiege 200 Taliban in Dir

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Daily Times, Pakistan
Monday, June 08, 2009

* Tribesmen furious over Dir mosque bombing kill 13 Taliban in two days of fighting
* Lashkar clears three villages
* Locals say Taliban must go

ISLAMABAD: Hundreds of tribesmen furious over a deadly suicide bombing at a mosque have laid siege to around 200 Taliban in Upper Dir, killing 13 in total – nine of them on Sunday, according to officials and a private TV channel.

The weekend clashes appeared to be the latest evidence of growing anti-Taliban sentiment in Pakistan – a shift that comes as suicide attacks have surged and the military wages an offensive in the nearby Swat valley.

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