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India-Pakistan
Uzbeks among militants killed in shelling
2014-07-07
[DAWN] Air force planes bombed murderous Moslem hideouts in North Wazoo on Saturday, killing several suspected murderous Moslems, including Uzbek nationals.

According to ISPR, the military's public relations department, air support was called in after fire and resistance from inside Miranshah
... headquarters of al-Qaeda in Pakistain and likely location of Ayman al-Zawahiri. The Haqqani network has established a ministate in centered on the town with courts, tax offices and lots of madrassas...
town and Boya village.

Planes bombed positions and five hideouts were destroyed.

The ISPR said that most of those killed in the strikes were Uzbeks.

Unconfirmed reports said at least 30 people were killed in the bombing.

The claims could not be confirmed from independent sources.

The blurb said hideouts, caves and a large cache of arms and ammunition had been destroyed.

According to sources, some places in Dattakhel, Deggan and Momadkhel areas were also pounded.

They said troops had begun demolishing suspected hideouts in Dandy Derpakhel, Derpakhel, Miranshah Bazaar and Chashma village.

Militants had concentration in these areas and they had rented houses from locals.

The sources said houses of Hakeemullah Mehsud, leader of the banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistain (TTP) who was killed in a drone attack last year, had also been destroyed near Miranshah.

Dandy Derpakhel, near Miranshah, was also a hub of Afghan and local Taliban and murderous Moslem leader Jalaluddin Haqqani's family was also residing there.

A soldier was killed when an improvised bomb went kaboom! during a clearance operation in Kaka Ziarat area, near Miranshah.

Security personnel are using sniffer dogs to clear IEDs which are posing a serious threat for infantry men in the area.

An official said the forces had sophisticated equipment to detect and defuse IEDs. Officials said 19 makeshift factories of IEDs had been destroyed.
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