Peshawar, Dec 7, SPA -- At least 15 people were killed in a troubled Pakistani region bordering Afghanistan in a clash between militants and bandits, a government official said on Wednesday. The bloodshed began on Tuesday when militants attacked bandits extorting money on a road near Miranshah, the main town of the North Waziristan region, said the official in the northwestern city of Peshawar, who declined to be identified. Ten bandits and five militants were killed in the gunbattle, which continued on Wednesday, he said. --SPA 1523 Local Time 1223 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/308643