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DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) - Militants on Wednesday freed six soldiers who were among more than 100 Pakistani troops abducted over the weekend near the Afghan border, an intelligence official said.
The soldiers were freed in Ladha, a village in the South Waziristan tribal region, and handed over to members of a jirga or tribal council, the official said on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to make comments to the media.
Militants released the six soldiers as a "goodwill gesture" to the jirga that has been trying to negotiate the soldiers' release, he said.
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