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The failure to kill or capture Taliban leaders in Swat has led to fears that they could make a comeback if and when the army withdraws.

Trouble is also brewing in another militant stronghold on the Afghan border, North Waziristan.

A militant faction allied with Mehsud ambushed an army convoy there on Sunday, killing 16 soldiers.

Analysts say the army is reluctant to open a new front in North Waziristan while it is finishes off in Swat and prepares for South Waziristan, but it would want to hit back in response to the killing of the 16 men.

Helicopter gunships have struck in the area this week and on Friday, jet fighters bombed militants to the west of Miranshah, the main town in North Waziristan, killing five of them, residents and security officials said.

The military said on Friday afternoon its forces had killed 11 militants and captured 24 over the previous 24 hours in the Swat valley.

However, a military helicopter crashed on Friday because of a technical failure in the northwestern Orakzai region, underlining the cost of fighting the militants.

Government officials in the region said the four men on board were killed. Reuters

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