Pakistan gunfights kill 15 militants, two soldiers

At least 15 militants and two soldiers have been killed in two separate gun battles in a relatively peaceful district of Pakistan just northwest of the capital Islamabad, officials said Wednesday.The shootouts come after a recent resurgence in militant violence, with 130 people killed nationwide in the month of February, ending a lull in Pakistan's long battle against homegrown Islamist fighters.The two raids took place in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province's Swabi district, which is just 100 kilometre