MINGORA, Pakistan, Aug 23 (Reuters) - Pakistani troops killed 35 militants in fighting in the Swat Valley, northwest of Islamabad, on Saturday after the militants ambushed a patrol, a military official said.

Four soldiers were also killed, said the official from the military's information department. The fighting erupted shortly after a suicide bomber rammed a vehicle into a police station in another part of the valley, killing eight policemen. (Reporting by Junaid Khan; Editing by Robert Birsel and Sanjeev Miglani)

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