Miran Shah, Pakistan, March 5, SPA -- Fierce clashes that eruptedacross a lawless region of Pakistan during President GeorgeW. Bush's weekend visit petered out Sunday, leaving 46pro-Taliban militants and five government security forcesdead, an intelligence official said. The fighting took place about 300 kilometers (190 miles)southwest of Islamabad, where Bush made a 24-hour visit anddeclared his solidarity with Pakistan in the war on terror. He left the country late Saturday in much the same way hearrived _ after dark, and with the running lights off andwindow shades pulled down to conceal Air Force One'sdistinctive markings. Helicopter gunships backed ground troops in intermittentclashes throughout the night before fighting halted earlySunday in Miran Shah, the main town in the North Waziristantribal region, and elsewhere, the Associated Press quoted the official in the area as saying.--SPA 10 57 Local Time 07 57 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/336704