This followed an agreed truce in the district of Swat in the North-West Frontier Province.

随后在西北部边境省斯瓦特区域达成停火协议。

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That remote desert province borders Pakistan, with its district capital about 200 kilometers from the frontier across an empty and scorching desert.

赫尔曼德省地处偏远沙漠，与巴基斯坦接壤，其首府距离边境200多公里，中间横隔著空旷和炙热的沙漠。

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Pakistan's military has stepped up its offensive on Taliban militants in the Bannu district of North West Frontier Province, which a military spokesman said is a "notorious hideout" for militants.

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"He said he was calling from Miranshah in North Waziristan and the telephone number used to make the call carried an area code common to the Waziristan tribal area and Bannu, the adjoining district in the North West Frontier Province, " the paper said.

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Police officer Amjad Khan told the Associated Press the blast hit a platoon of 43 Frontier Constabulary troops in a truck near the police district headquarters.

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