| The army said it killed 23 militants during an operation in the restive Swat valley on Thursday. Army spokesman Maj Murad Khan said the insurgents died in three separate clashes in Swat, where the military is engaged with militants since early this month. Khan said helicopter gunships fired on militants riding in two vehicles and on a suspected hideout. He said no security forces had been killed. Meanwhile, militants killed four people they suspected of spying on them. They killed one person in Charbagh, one in Ali Gram and two in Koza Banda in Kabal tehsil of Swat district. |