MINGORA, Pakistan, Oct 22 (Reuters) - At least fifteen Pakistani paramilitary soldiers and five Islamist militants have been killed in a clash in the northwestern Swat Valley, police said on Wednesday.

The fighting broke out on Tuesday in Kabal area, a stronghold of Pakistani Taliban fighters, after a roadside bomb blast aimed at a paramilitary convoy.

(Reporting by Junaid Khan, Writing by Kamran Haider; Editing by Sanjeev Miglani)

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