HANGU: At least 15 Taliban fighters were killed and 10 others were injured as jet fighters and gunship helicopters bombed their hideouts in central Kurram and Orakzai agencies on Wednesday, security sources said. Locals and security sources told Daily Times that jet fighters and gunship helicopters pounded Taliban hideouts at Chinark area in Kurram and adjoining areas of Dapar and Bakha in Orakzai Agency, killing 15 terrorists. Meanwhile, the death toll in Tuesday’s air raids on suspected terrorist hideouts in Teerah Valley in Khyber Agency has risen to 60. Security officials and locals have said that dozens of civilians, including women and children, were also among the dead. “Militants were using civilians and their families as human shields and there could be some civilian casualties but we do not know how many,” a senior security official said.