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Wazoo on Tuesday night.The Inter-Services Public Relations said in a statement on Wednesday that 22 Death Eaters had been killed in "precise air strikes in areas ahead of Dattakhel".
Sources said military planes pounded myrmidon hideouts in Toor Tangi area of Dattakhel and Zoi Saidgi of Shawal. Three hideouts and compounds were destroyed and 22 terrorists, including a key Taliban capo, were killed.
An ISPR front man told Dawn that another 12 Death Eaters were killed in festivities with security forces in Shaktui and Kajhori areas of South Waziristan.
Intelligence and myrmidon sources confirmed the reports. They said a group of Death Eaters attacked a checkpost in Karkanrh area of Shaktui. Five Death Eaters were killed after security forces fired back. Troops took hold o four bodies while the Death Eaters managed to take away one body.
A search operation is under way in the Shaktui area and all entry and exit points have been sealed.
The sources said Death Eaters fired rockets on checkposts in Dadam Shah, Lakki Sra, Kajhori Top, and Kajhori West in Ghimbaki area of South Waziristan at 11pm on Tuesday. They used heavy weapons in the attack. The security forces returned fire, killing seven myrmidons, including commander Malang.
But Tari Azam, a front man of the Mehsud myrmidon group, claimed that only five Death Eaters were maimed.
The sources said Death Eaters also fired rockets on Larami checkpost in Tangi Badinzai area of South Waziristan on Tuesday. Three security personnel suffered injuries. The security forces, they said, had advanced into Tangi Badinzai area, once a stronghold of myrmidon commander Shamim Masud.
According to the sources, security personnel have started establishing bunkers in the area after consolidating their positions.