Fighter jets strike kills 5 militants in NW Pakistan
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
Islamabad, June 2, IRNA -- Five militants were killed on Saturday when fighter jets pounded militant hideouts in Pakistan’s north western tribal region, media reports said.
According to reports two insurgent hideouts were also destroyed in the assault in Sarawela area of Khyber tribal region.
The casualty figures from the reported action could not be independently verified.
Reports said that the operation in the region had picked up pace since Friday’s clash with militants from the Kokikhel tribe.
In another incident in the tribal region’s Zakhakhel region in Tirah, volunteers from the local Tauhidul Islam organisation detained a would-be suicide bomber.
The detained would-be bomber was planning to target a camp of the FC in Khyber.
Militants have killed more than 4,800 people across Pakistan since July 2007.
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Islamic Republic News Agency/IRNA NewsCode: 1019960
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