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20 militants killed in air-raid in NW Pakistan

Xinhua, June 19, 2015 Adjust font size:

At least 20 militants were killed and 18 others injured in an air-raid by Pakistani army in the country's northwestern tribal area of Khyber Agency on Friday, said an army statement.

Inter-Services Public Relations, the mouthpiece of Pakistani army, issued the statement saying that the troops backed by army jet fighters pounded several hideouts of militants in Khyber Agency, a volatile tribal region along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border.

The statement said the killed militants included some key commanders of Taliban.

Identities of the killed and injured militants have not been revealed yet, however, the region is known to be a stronghold of militants belonging to the proscribed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan ( TTP) and an allied group Lashkar-i-Islam.

Friday's airstrike is a continuation of the army's ongoing operation Khyber-2 in the Agency which was launched to flush out militancy from the area. Endi