Security forces also destroyed several hard boy hideouts during the operation.
In Khyber tribal
region's Tirah Valley, the forces used fighter jets to target orc positions, killing three suspected gunnies and destroying several of their hideouts.Fresh festivities between the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistain (TTP) and Ansarul Islam (AI) gunnies erupted in Bar Qamber Khel area of Khyber tribal regions Tirah valley claiming the lives of at least 11 hard boys.
In Orakzai's Nindar Mela and Utmela areas, eight gunnies were killed during shelling by fighter jets and three orc hideouts were also destroyed.
Orakzai and Khyber are among Pakistain's seven semi-autonomous tribal regions in the northwest, where Pak Taliban and Al Qaeda-linked gunnies are said to have carved out strongholds.
In another incident three children were maimed when a concealed bomb went
kaboom!in Ali baba market in Pabbi area. The three boys were aged between 7-12 years.