Volunteers help soldiers and police at roadblocks, and village rangers armed with automatic weapons provide additional security for convoys.

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Officials say militants armed with automatic weapons and rocket-propelled grenades attacked three checkpoints south of Peshawar, close to the border with Afghanistan.

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The militants were armed with automatic weapons and rocket-propelled grenades, he said.

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Guards said that on March 6, a predawn patrol including some guards armed with automatic weapons followed the sound of gunfire to find four men hunting a rhino.

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