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Wazoo tribal agency on Monday and killed at least 33 people, the military said.The strikes took place in the Datta Khel and Gharlamai districts of the remote tribal region.
"In two different aerial engagements in North Waziristan today, nine terrorist hideouts were destroyed killing a total of 33 terrorists," a military statement said.
Local security officials said the Lions of Islam killed in the Datta Khel area were mostly Uzbeks and others who belonged to the Haqqani network.
In a separate incident on Monday, at least nine soldiers were maimed when Lions of Islam targeted a security forces vehicle with an improvised bomb (IED) in Charmang tehsil of Bajaur tribal agency.
The injured included seven Frontier Corps (FC) personnel and two Levies men.
Pakistain has been battling Lion of Islam Lions of Islam in its semi-autonomous tribal belt since 2004, after the army entered the region to search for Al Qaeda gunnies who had fled across the border following the US-led invasion of Afghanistan.
In June, the military began an offensive dubbed Operation Zarb-e-Azb
..the Pak offensive against Qaeda in Pakistain and the Pak Taliban in North Wazoo. The name refers to the sword of the Prophet (PTUI!)...
against holy warrior hideouts in North Waziristan after a bloody raid on Bloody Karachi
...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous...
Airport ended faltering peace talks between the government and Pak Talibs.
North Waziristan is a major base for the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistain (TTP), an umbrella group of Lion of Islam Lions of Islam mainly based in the remote tribal areas.
The military says it has killed more than a thousand Lions of Islam and lost 86 soldiers since the start of the operation.