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| Troops kill 49 during Fata operations |
| 2009-12-17 |
| [Dawn] The army said Wednesday it had killed 49 insurgents in the northwest, widening the net in the lawless tribal belt. Ground and air operations hit in the Orakzai and Kurram districts in the centre of the tribal belt, Pakistani officials said. 'At least 18 militants were killed when helicopters pounded Toorikhel town of Orakzai when militants were holding an important meeting,' paramilitary spokesman Major Fazlur Rehman said. Local administration official Riaz Khan confirmed the toll and said four more people were killed in air strikes in the town of Sultanzai in Orakzai. The military also mounted a ground and air offensive in Dagar, a town in the Kurram district, killing 21 militants, Rehman said. In its daily briefing on the South Waziristan operation, the army said Wednesday that six militants and one soldier had been killed in the last 24 hours in raids and clashes in the region Such death tolls supplied by the military are impossible to confirm independently, with the region out of bounds to media and most aid groups. |
| Posted by:Fred |