Pakistani Military Kills 47 Taliban Militants
KABUL: (Middle East Press) Pakistan’s security forces killed at least 47 Taliban militants within two days of airstrikes in the North Waziristan tribal area.
The air strikes targeted a stronghold of Taliban insurgents in the Datta Khel village in the North Waziristan tribal district, according to a statement by the military.
The airstrikes come a day after 20 militants were killed in Tirah Valley in the Khyber tribal district, where the Pakistani Taliban and Lashkar-e-Islam groups have strongholds.
The latest attack was part of a counter-insurgency operation by the Pakistani army against Pakistan’s Taliban, the Tehrik-i Taliban (TTP) that began in June 2014 after the TTP and the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, which is active in Afghanistan and Pakistan, claimed responsibility for an assault on Karachi’s airport.
“In precise aerial strikes in Tirah, Khyber, today, 20 terrorists – including three bombers – were killed. Destroyed hideouts of terrorists include their ammo and ration dumps,” the military said in another statement late Wednesday.
In separate incident on the same day, Pakistani military sources said five militants were killed in a search operation in the Shakto area of South Waziristan tribal district.
