<br/> <br/>Over 50 people, including 41 Taliban fighters and 10 security personnel, have been killed in fierce clashes in the restive Bajaur tribal region and the Swat vally of Pakistan on Wednesday .<br/> <br/>Security forces backed by gunship helicopters and artillery killed 38 militants in Bajaur Agency, which the army claimed had been cleared of the Taliban following a nearly two-year-long military operation.<br/> <br/>Official sources said ten security personnel have also been killed and 23 militants arrested during the clashes.<br/> <br/>Two Taliban hideouts were also destroyed, Troops launched an operation after receiving a tip-off that militants were present in Samasai and Ghundo areas of Bajaur Agency. <br/> <br/>In the Swat valley, militants gunned down two members of a pro-government peace committee in Charbagh sub-division, a former stronghold of the Taliban.<br/> <br/>Soon after the attack, security forces launched a search operation.<br/> <br/>The troops came face to face with a group of militants in Kandao area and asked them to surrender.<br/> <br/>The militants started firing indiscriminately and three of them were killed when the troops retaliated.<br/> <br/>Weapons and ammunition were recovered from the dead militants.<br/>