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Government troops clashed with suspected militants in a tribal region in northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, leaving one soldier dead and two others wounded, a senior commander said. Six foreign militants were arrested after the shootout in Shawal, a rugged area in North Waziristan tribal region, said Lt. Gen. Safdar Hussain, who commands thousands of troops deployed to the regions bordering Afghanistan. The shootout occurred when troops returned fired after being shot at from a pickup truck at a roadblock, Hussain said told reporters in the northwestern city of Peshwar. Full Story