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17 militants killed in air strikes in NW Pakistan

Xinhua, November 14, 2015 Adjust font size:

At least 17 militants were killed and several others injured when Pakistani army launched air strikes in the country's northwest tribal area of Shawal, local media reported Saturday.

Geo TV quoted security sources as saying that the troops backed by jet fighters pounded several hideouts of suspected militants in Shawal, a town located in the restive North Waziristan tribal area along Pakistan-Afghanistan border.

Identities of the killed militants have not been revealed yet.

Saturday's airstrike is the continuation of the ongoing operation Zarb-e-Azb in North Waziristan area which has so far killed over 3,000 militants.

According to an earlier statement by the director general of Inter-Services Public Relation, the army's media wing operation in Shawal town is the last push against militants as the nearly 17-month long offensive has entered its final phase after most of the areas in North Waziristan have been cleared from the militants. Enditem