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Lashkar-i-Islam spokesperson killed in Khyber blitz
PESHAWAR: At least 30 suspected militants were killed in airstrikes conducted by Pakistan military jets on Wednesday in Tirah Valley of Khyber tribal region, according to a statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR).
The statement added that two ammunition depots were also destroyed in the strikes.
Local sources say that a spokesman of the banned Lashkar-i-Islam (LI) militant organisation, Salahuddin Ayubi, was among those killed in today's air blitz.
At least eight suspected militants were killed in a separate military operation in Orakzai tribal region, according to security sources.
Security forces targeted the militants after an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast in Sabak area of Orakzai tribal. One security person also lost his life during the operation.
The details could not be independently verified as the access of media personnel is severely restricted in the region.
The latest development comes a day after Shakir Sipah, a driver of the LI chief Mangal Bagh, was killed in the drone attack on Tuesday along with eight others in Nazyan district of Afghanistan's Nangarhar province, near the Pak-Afghan border in Khyber Agency.
Khyber and Orakzai are two of Pakistan’s seven semi-autonomous regions governed by tribal laws and lie near the porous Afghan border.
Militant hideouts have been frequently pounded by Pakistan's security forces in Tirah Valley area of Khyber region.
The strikes are part of Operation 'Khyber One' and 'Khyber Two', launched by security forces and aimed at targeting militants in Khyber Agency, particularly the Tirah Valley of Bara which borders Nazyan province of Afghanistan.
The operations in Khyber tribal region were launched amid operation Zarb-i-Azb being conducted by the Pakistan Army in North Waziristan tribal region.
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woo hoo!! geo Pak Army
Keep pounding them. Eliminate them in every nook and corner of the country.
And yes, Pak Army should run video clips of our own home made drones striking these criminals. This way the credibility of these machine will increase in the eyes of common Pakistanis and would also strike fear in the hearts of these criminals.
Every headline on this subject will have this "The details could not be independently verified as the access of media personnel is severely restricted in the region." I understand every media has got resource persons working in these local areas, why can't they go and verify if too concerned about authenticity of the ISPR claims!
Long live Pakistan Army.
Please don't mention this line "The details could not be independently verified as the access of media personnel is severely restricted in the region"
Great work Pakistan!!!
@ahmed Airforce ;)
is there any verification of this. With so many militants dying, every day there is a news article of 20 - 40 militants dead. How much verification is coming from groups and what is there response
Also there must be heavy bombing. Is there any collateral damage ?
@nad same thing
Why kudos to Pak Army, aren't these Airforce jets?
Strike in Karachi as well. These TTP also have their active wing in Karachi who are demolishing Karachi since 1990.
good work.
Pakistan army has been killing them for a long time now, don't know how many they are and when all this will end up !!!
How come no one is talking about collateral damage?
Pakistan blames India for the excesses force used in Kashmir, now Pakistan is bombing their own land, there is no independent verification of anything, since this operation started army is claiming killing so far may be thousand and they did not kill any innocent people? and they destroyed entire towns, and Pakistanis are cheering. Army and citizens of the area know these terror house exists for at least few years, why did army wake up now? America was asking for this action for several years.
@Vikram why we not talk the collateral damage of suicide bombing target killing bomb blast.
Keep it up PAF, Army! The nation is with you.
I think Dawn is going overboard in repeating that "the details could not be independently verified" . Keeping in view how easily the loyalties of our Media can be bought , I think it's wise to keep them away from such locations. Media persons are hardly the kind that could be entrusted with sensitive information ; they would sell it to the highest bidder without batting an eye lash.