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92 suspected militants killed in Pakistan airstrikes
At least 92 suspected militants were killed in Pakistan's North
Waziristan and Khyber Agency areas in airstrikes on their hideouts, Dawn
reported Wednesday.
“In a precise aerial strike in Datta Khel
area of North Waziristan in the afternoon (Tuesday), 53 militants,
including 12 foreigners, were killed. Six hideouts, an ammunition dump
and seven explosives-laden vehicles were destroyed,†the report quoted
an Inter-Services Public Relations statement as saying.
In another strike in the same area later, 23 militants were killed, the ISPR added.
In
Khyber Agency, at least 16 suspected militants were killed and 12
others injured when military planes pounded their hideouts in Tirah
valley, according to security officials.
The airstrikes were carried out in Therkho Kas, Wacha Wana, Sra Vella and Nakai areas, near the Afghan border.
The
officials claimed that those killed belonged to the outlawed
Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan and Lashkar-i-Islam. Six militant hideouts
were destroyed in the str