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10 killed in military airstrike in NW Pakistan

Xinhua, April 6, 2015 Adjust font size:

At least ten suspected militants were killed and several others injured when Pakistani Army's jet fighters launched an airstrike in the country's northwest tribal area of Khyber Agency on Sunday.

Radio Pakistan said that the jets pounded five militants' hideouts in Tirah Valley of Khyber Agency, a semi-autonomous tribal area along Pakistan-Afghanistan border.

Identities of the killed militants have not been determined yet, but banned outfits Lashkar-e-Islam and Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan have a strong hold in the Tirah Valley.

Earlier in September 2014, Pakistani army announced an armed offensive "Operation Khyber 1" against the militants which successfully came to an end this month.

Now the military is carrying out "Operation Khyber 2" in the area and the Sunday's offensive is the continuation of the operation.

Talking to media earlier last month, the country's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said that ongoing military operations in the tribal area have broken the backbone of the militants.

In another incident in the neighboring Bajaur Agency, a top militant commander was killed in a clash between security forces and miscreants.

Sources said the killed commander was the most wanted fugitive and was involved in number of terror activities in the area. Endi