BARA: Seven suspected militants were killed and several others sustained injuries when the Pakistan Air Force jet fighters targeted their hideouts in Tirah Valley of Khyber Agency, official sources said on Monday.
The sources said the jet fighters attacked the hideouts of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and Lashkar-e-Islam (LI)-affiliated militants in the Rajgal area in Kukikhel tribal territory in the remote Tirah Valley.
Three hideouts were also destroyed in the bombardment, official sources said.The “Operation Khyber 3” was launched in August in this year after completion of Operation Khyber 1 & 2 near the Pak-Afghan border to strengthen the troops’ deployment in Rajgal to check and guard against terrorists’ movement.
A ground offensive was also carried out in Rajgal and Sattar Killi areas of Tirah in August.Most of the Bara-based militant organisations took refuge in the far-off Tirah Valley after a military operation was launched against them in Bara and Jamrud tehsils in Khyber Agency in 2014.
Kasuri urged authorities of Pakistan and China to pull their resources to defeat forces seeking to disrupt the...
IHC said that several people had not returned the cipher copies they had, and asked if it meant it was right for the...
Gilani gave floor to Leader of Opposition Syed Shibli Faraz, who insisted that with unity they could take country...
Match witnessed intense action and dramatic twists, keeping fans on the edge of their seats until the final ball
Apex court bench was reconstituted after Justice Yahya Afridi recused himself from hearing the case earlier this month
ECP issued a notification in this connection pursuant to orders passed by LHC
