20 militants killed in air strikes

Published April 24, 2015
Military planes pounded militant hideouts in different areas, destroying several hideouts and killing 20 terrorists. -AFP/File
Military planes pounded militant hideouts in different areas, destroying several hideouts and killing 20 terrorists. -AFP/File

LANDI KOTAL: Twenty suspected militants, three would-be suicide bombers among them, were killed in air strikes in Tirah valley of Khyber Agency on Thursday.

Military planes pounded militant hideouts in different parts of the valley, destroying several hideouts and killing 20 terrorists, said a statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations, the military’s public relations wing.

The dead included three would-be suicide bombers, it said. At least five militants were injured.

Published in Dawn, April 24th, 2015

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