Pakistan's army said its jets have killed at least 18 terrorists militants as part of an ongoing offensive to eliminate militants' hideouts and ammunition stockpiles in the Khyber tribal region.
An army statement on Sunday said the jets destroyed five such terrorist hideouts with "precise strikes" during the offensive late Saturday night. Besides the terrorists militants killed, the army said the strikes destroyed huge caches of arms and ammunition hidden in various parts of the region, near the Afghan border.
The Pakistani army is now regularly targeting terrorist's militants' hideouts in Khyber, since fighters fled there from North Waziristan tribal region where it has been conducting a months-long operation. The offensive has also driven thousands of local tribesmen to flee leave their areas and head for safety in the main northwestern city of Peshawar. |