Eight suspected Taliban were killed in firing by helicopter gunships and artillery shelling by security forces in Bajaur Agency on Saturday, officials claimed. The troops targeted Taliban positions in various areas of the agency and more casualties are feared, they said, adding forces has advanced in Inayat Killay. In Salarzai tehsil, rockets were fired on the house of Hazrat Gul, a close associate of PPP member in the National Assembly Akhunzada Chitan, but no casualties were reported.