Security forces have flushed out the Taliban from various areas of Salarzai tehsil and Khar area of Bajaur Agency, officials said on Wednesday. The areas cleared of Taliban presence include Arrang and Barrang in Utmankhel tehsil, Roghgan and Pashat in Salarzai tehsil and Khar area of Bajaur, they said. In other areas, security forces continued targeting Taliban positions with artillery and mortars, but there were no reports of casualties. A grand jirga of Mandal tribes held in Civil Colony, Khar, on Wednesday assured the government of support against the Taliban. The Bajaur assistant political agent said it was the responsibility of local people to thwart rocket and missile attacks from their areas on Khar and other locations of the agency.