Militants on Wednesday blew up two more girls' schools in the Bajaur Agency while security forces claimed killing eight militants in the area.Sources said two government girls' primary schools in Nawagai and Chargo areas of Salarzai Tehsil were blown up by unidentified miscreants early in the day. The spokesman for the banned outfit Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Maulvi Omar, had threatened to blow up schools in the area. About 30 schools -- most of them girls' schools -- have been destroyed by the militants in the agency.
A rocket was also fired at the security forces checkpost at Khar, Tehsil headquarters, but caused no loss of life or property. Meanwhile, sources said security forces targeted the hideouts of the militants by jet fighters, gunship helicopters and artillery shelling in different areas of Khar Tehsil. Eight militants were killed and five others sustained injuries during shelling.