FACTBOX-Security developments in Pakistan, Nov 11

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Nov 11 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Pakistan at 1320 GMT on Wednesday.

MOHMAND - A landmine blew up near a paramilitary convoy in the northwestern ethnic Pashtun tribal region of Mohmand on the Afghan border, killing six paramilitary soldiers and wounding three, a spokesman of the Frontier Corps force said.

Earlier, helicopter gunships killed 10 militants in a raid on Taliban positions in another part of Mohmand, the spokesman said.

SOUTH WAZIRISTAN - Security forces killed seven militants in a clash in a Taliban stronghold in South Waziristan, the military said. The army launched an offensive in the militant hotbed on the Afghan border on Oct. 17. (For more Reuters coverage of Afghanistan and Pakistan, see:here an) (Compiled by Islamabad Bureau; Editing by Robert Birsel)

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