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However, these claims could not be independently verified as journalists have limited access to the restive tribal agency.
Read more here: 20 suspected militants killed in fresh N Waziristan airstrikes
Military operation Zarb-i-Azb was launched by the Pakistan Army on June15 following a brazen militant attack on Karachi's international airport and failure of peace talks between the government and Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan negotiators.
Nearly a million people have fled the offensive in North Waziristan, which is aimed at wiping out longstanding militant strongholds in the area, which borders Afghanistan.