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India-Pakistan
Zarb-i-Azb operation: 23 militants killed in fresh strikes
2014-06-20
[DAWN] ISLAMABAD: At least 23 more suspected snuffies were killed in the ongoing Zarb-e-Azb operation launched by the Pakistain Army in North Wazoo tribal region, according to a statement issued by the Inter Services Public relations (ISPR) on its website.

At least 15 suspected snuffies were killed in Zartatangi mountain heights, east of Miranshah
... headquarters of al-Qaeda in Pakistain and likely location of Ayman al-Zawahiri. The Haqqani network has established a ministate in centered on the town with courts, tax offices and lots of madrassas...
are in North Waziristan tribal region late on Wednesday when one of the main suspected communication centers of snuffies was targeted by Cobra gunship helicopters of the Pakistain Army.

Meanwhile,
...back at the the conspirators' cleverly concealed hideout Montefiore's foot was still stuck and the hound had completely soaked his uniform with slobber...
eight Uzbek snuffies who were planting improvised bombs (IEDs) on Miranshah-Mirali road were also killed near Miranshah by military snipers.

Security forces were also cordoning off residential areas sheltering suspected snuffies in North Wazirstan tribal region.

The military also claimed that several attempts by snuffies to flee from the cordoned off areas were foiled.

The ISPR statement further said that the evacuation of civil population from Miranshah and Ghulam Khan areas of the region had begun today, adding that check points had been established at various places where internally displaced persons IDPs were being provided all administrative support incl food items and medicine by security forces.

Moreover, an IDP camp was established at Bannu while the number of registration points at Saidgai post were increased to 20, including 10 for men and women, for speedy and organised evacuation.

The army launched its long-awaited major operation 'Zarb-e-Azb' in the tribal region a week after an attack on the airport in Bloody Karachi
...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous...
, deploying troops, tanks and jets to the area in the crackdown on the Taliban and other bully boys.
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