Information About Incident 37498-71342-170483 in Ladakh Pakistan

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The Security Forces (SFs) in Landikotal sub-division of Khyber Agency on March 19 clashed with the Taliban militants after they attacked an army camp using short-range missiles and mortars, Daily Times reported.

From this sentence, the following information was extracted.

• Meta Location: Landikotal
• Matched District: Ladakh
• Actgroup: attack
• Actor: they
• Subject: an army camp using short-range missiles and mortars

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The Security Forces (SFs) in Landikotal sub-division of Khyber Agency on March 19 clashed with the Taliban militants after they attacked an army camp using short-range missiles and mortars, Daily Times reported. 15 people were reportedly killed in the missile attack. The assailants targeted the military facility near the Landikotal bazaar from their hideouts in the mountains. One of the rockets missed the target and hit a warehouse close to the bazaar, killing 15 men who used to work at the warehouse and had also been using it as a makeshift residence. Following the attack, the SFs retaliated hitting the militants positions in the nearby mountains. A source said a madrassa (Seminary) adjacent to the army camp was also hit in the missile attack.

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