[DAWN] Approximately seven snuffies were killed and five injured in an air strike on Saturday in Khyber tribal region's Tirrah Valley.According to security forces, military jets targeted hideouts of banned outfits in Tirrah valley and snuffies were killed in aerial attacks.
Local sources said that for the last couple of days, hideouts of banned
...the word
bannedseems to have a different meaning in Pakistain than it does in most other places. Or maybe it simply lacks any meaning at all...
organizations have been continuously targeted in air strikes.
Khyber is one of Pakistain's seven semi-autonomous regions governed by tribal laws and lies near the Afghan border.
Tirah valley is home to snuffies from the proscribed Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistain (TTP) and an allied group called Lashkar-e-Islam
...a group of Islamic bandidos infesting Khyber Agency. It's headed by a former bus driver....
The
...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire.
city.