The strikes targeted Maizer and Sher Ali villages in the Shawal valley of troubled North Waziristan tribal district, where the military has been carrying out a major offensive against extremist groups since mid-2014.
"At least 25 insurgents have been killed and several of their hideouts have been destroyed along with vehicles full of explosives," a security official said.
Five of those killed were members of the Haqqani network, 10 were Uzbek and Chechen militants, and 10 were from the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), he added.
"Some of the hideouts targeted today were jointly used by Haqqanis and foreign militants," the official told AFP.
- The term "foreign militants" is frequently used by Pakistani officials to refers to Uzbeks and Chechens who are often aligned with the Haqqani network, which is accused of sending fighters and suicide bombers to target US and NATO troops in neighbouring Afghanistan.
A second security official confirmed the air strikes and casualties, but said that exact number of those killed was not yet clear.
North Waziristan is one of the seven semi-autonomous tribal districts that border Afghanistan. It has been a hub for Al-Qaida and Taliban militants since the early 2000s...
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At least 38 militants were killed when Pakistani army launched airstrikes in the country's northwest tribal area of North Waziristan on Friday, local media reported...
ReplyDeleteUrdu TV channel Dawn said the military backed by jet fighters pounded five hideouts of the militants in Shawal and Datta Khel towns of North Waziristan, a semi-autonomous tribal region along Pakistan-Afghanistan border.
Identities of the killed militants have not been revealed, but the area is believed to be a hotbed of the outlawed group Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan's activity.
Friday's airstrikes are continuation of a military operation in North Waziristan, which was launched on June 15, 2014, aiming at eradication of local and foreign militants from the region.
Earlier in December, Asim Bajwa, the director general of Inter-Services Public Relations, the army's media wing, said a total of 3,400 militants have been killed in the operation so far.
He said the military has also destroyed 837 hideouts of the militants.
The director general said the operation in Shawal town is the final push against militants as the offensive has entered its final stage after most of the areas in North Waziristan have been cleared of the insurgents.
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