A senior militant commander escaped a helicopter gunship strike,
| "Curly-toed slippers, don't fail me now!" |
while his daughter and another girl were injured when the helicopters pounded a house in MattaÂ’s Piochar area on Monday, locals said.
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The strike was executed on intelligence reports suggesting the presence of militant commander Lal Din, alias Baray Mian, in the house. Separately, troops conducted a search operation in the Dherai area to arrest commander Idrees, who is among the top 10 lovers aides of Maulana Fazlullah. However, the operation ended without any arrest. |