PESHAWAR (Pakistan) – At least 22 suspected militants were killed as Pakistan Air Force (PAF) jets destroyed a number of militant hideouts and other related targets in North Waziristan’s Shawal region, said a statement from the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR).<\/p>\n
The ISPR statement added that PAF jets targeted militant hideouts in Shawal tehsil, killing at least 22 suspected militants.<\/p>\n
\u201cSix of their hideouts and an unknown number of vehicles were also destroyed in the air strikes,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n
\u201cFighter jets precisely hit the Taliban\u2019s hideouts at separate locations in Shawal,\u201d a security official in Peshawar told AFP.<\/p>\n
Military operation Zarb-i-Azb was launched by the Pakistan Army on June 15 following a brazen militant attack on Karachi’s international airport and failure of peace talks between the government and Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) negotiators.<\/p>\n
Since the beginning of Operation Zarb-i-Azb in June 2014, militants have fled to other tribal regions, including Khyber and its Tirah Valley and Shawal in North Waziristan, all of which border Afghanistan.<\/p>\n
The Pakistani military says more than 3,600 insurgents were killed since the offensive began.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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