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The bodies of 22 suspected militants have been found in two regions in north-west Pakistan, officials say. | |
Seventeen bodies were found on Sunday in the semi-autonomous Darra Adamkhel tribal region, officials say. | |
Five more corpses, including one identified as that of a top local Taliban leader, were found in the Swat Valley on Monday, police told the BBC. | |
Scores of suspected militants have been found dead in recent months. The army denies extra-judicial killings. | |
The corpses in Darra Adamkhel all had gunshot wounds and were militants killed during a clash with security forces, officials said. | |
But residents said they could have been killed after being captured by troops - the military denies these claims. | But residents said they could have been killed after being captured by troops - the military denies these claims. |
Nearly 40 bodies of alleged militants have been found in the area in the past two months. The latest were discovered near a school in the Tor Chapar area. | |
Correspondents say militant groups have operated in Darra Adamkhel for about two years. There have been a number of clashes with the security forces, who have secured most areas in the region. | |
In Swat, police said two local militant commanders had been killed in an overnight clash with the security forces. | |
One of the bodies found in the village of Fatehpur had been identified as that of Maulana Mohammad Alam Binori, one of the top three leaders of the Swat Taliban, police told the BBC's Urdu service. | |
Officials say he led the Taliban incursion into the neighbouring district of Buner last year, which prompted a military offensive against the militants in the Swat region. | |
Three more bodies of suspected militants loyal to Maulana Binori were found at a different location in the Fatehpur area. It was not clear if they had been killed in the same clash. | |
Nearly 200 bodies of suspected militants were discovered across parts of the Swat Valley in late 2009 - raising fears of extra-judicial killings by the army. | Nearly 200 bodies of suspected militants were discovered across parts of the Swat Valley in late 2009 - raising fears of extra-judicial killings by the army. |
The army blamed the deaths on revenge attacks by local residents after the Taliban were driven from power by a military offensive. | The army blamed the deaths on revenge attacks by local residents after the Taliban were driven from power by a military offensive. |
The latest deaths come after eight people were killed in a suicide bomb attack on a security convoy in the city of Mingora last week. |