Soldier, Kurdish militant killed in Turkey clash

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Turkish soldier and a Kurdish militant were killed yesterday in a firefight in the southeast, and jets struck rebel targets elsewhere in the region, security sources said.

The clash with the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) broke out during military operations in Diyarbakir province after the authorities imposed round-theclock curfews on 18 villages, the sources said. A soldier was also wounded in the fighting.

Warplanes also bombed PKK shelters and weapons stores in the mountainous Buzul region of Hakkari province. (Reuters)