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ISTANBUL, June 30 (KUNA) -- Army troops killed Thursday two elements of the
Kurdish rebels in a clash after hunting them down at mountainous areas, east
of the country.
"The rebels who belong to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) have
been killed in the clashes that erupted between the two sides in the
mountainous areas of Hakkari province on the coterminous Turkish-Iraqi borders,
" Turkish Army said in a statement on its website.
The statement also said that the army, backed by military helicopters, is
continuing its operations against militants in the southeastern areas of
Turkey, where the clashes took place.
Further, military sources said that a Turkish soldier has been badly
injured today due to the explosion of a landmine during his participation in a
security operation in the southeastern province of Hakkari.
PKK, which is described by US and EU as a terror outfit, has been waging a
war since 1984 in order to gain independence for Kurdish-dominant southeastern
Anatolia in what caused deaths estimated at 45,000 according to observers.
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