Information About Incident 68156-139542-354069 in Bajaur Pakistan

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In response to the militant attack on a polio team in the Lashora area of Jamrud tehsil (revenue unit) in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) which left at least 13 persons dead on March 1, Security Forces launched an assault on March 2-morning on militant hideouts in Kalanga and surrounding areas of Bara tehsil and killed five militants, reports Dawn.

From this sentence, the following information was extracted.

• Meta Location: Lashora Jamrud Tribal Areas Kalanga Bara
• Matched District: Bajaur
• Actgroup: kill
• Actor: Security Forces
• Subject: five militants

Context

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In response to the militant attack on a polio team in the Lashora area of Jamrud tehsil (revenue unit) in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) which left at least 13 persons dead on March 1, Security Forces launched an assault on March 2-morning on militant hideouts in Kalanga and surrounding areas of Bara tehsil and killed five militants, reports Dawn. Security sources confirmed that gunship helicopters struck the Ayubi Markaz (headquarters) of Mullah Tamanchey involved in the attack on polio workers.

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