Four militants killed in Pakistan’s NW tribal region
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
Islamabad, May 2 IRNA -- At least four militants were killed when Pakistani jets destroyed two insurgent hideouts in Pakistan’s north western tribal region on Wednesday, local media reported.
According to reports, the hideouts were targeted in Upper Orakzai’s Asmat Khana area.
Orakzai Agency, the lone tribal region of Pakistan which does not have borders with Afghanistan, had been once the stronghold of the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan or TTP.
The security forces had established posts in different parts of Orakzai agency after expelling the militants of most of their former bases. But they are still hiding in several remote and hilly areas and launch attacks on the forces.
Many TTP leaders also took shelter in Orakzai after they were expelled as the result of major offensive by Pakistani forces in South Waziristan tribal region in 2009. Orakzai had been relatively peaceful tribal region before the Taliban activities there.
In another operation, security forces seized a huge quantity of explosives from a house in the Urmar area on the outskirts of Peshawar. During the operation, two suspects were taken into custody.
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