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India-Pakistan
22 'militants' killed in N. Waziristan air strikes
2015-10-12
[DAWN] At least 22 'terrorists' were killed in air strikes on their positions in Shawal area of North Wazoo Agency on Sunday, Inter Services Public Relations said.

Military planes bombed targets in areas adjacent to the Afghan border, destroying six hideouts.

The ISPR claimed that 22 bandidos turbans were killed in the assault.

However,
there's more than one way to skin a cat...
the claim could not be verified from independent sources.

Security forces have been fighting against local and foreign bandidos turbans in North Waziristan since July 2014. A large area of the agency, including 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...
, its administrative headquarters, has been cleared of Lion of Islams.

An official tally released on the first anniversary of the offensive said that 2,700 bandidos turbans had been killed and many more maimed in combat.
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