102 militants eliminated in Waziristan, Tirah airstrikes

KABUL border, the military said.

Warplanes pounded militant hideouts in the volatile regions of North Waziristan and Khyber on Tuesday, killing the fighters, including foreigners, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said.

A statement from the army’s media wing said: “In a precise strike in the Dattakhel area of North Waziristan in the afternoon, 53 militants, including 12 foreigners, were killed. Six hideouts, an ammunition dump and seven explosives-laden vehicles were destroyed.”

Militant positions were pounded in Kharh Tangi, it said, adding most of the foreigners killed were Uzbeks. In another raid in the same area later, 23 militants were killed, the army claimed.

Elsewhere in the northwest, 16 suspected militants were killed and 12 others injured when military planes hit their hideouts in the Tirah valley of Khyber Agency. The dead belonged to the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan and Lashkar-i-Islam.

A military operation, codenamed Zarb-i-Azb, has been underway in North Waziristan since June 15. The offensive was launched after a peace parleys with the TTP collapsed.

PAN Monitor/mud

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