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Wazoo, two soldiers bit the dust in a bomb kaboom.Although the military did not issue any statement about casualties, intelligence officials claimed five suspects affiliated with the banned Lashkar-e-Islam
...a group of Islamic bandidos infesting Khyber Agency. It's headed by a former bus driver....
were killed.
The aerial attacks were part of the ongoing Khyber-II operation aimed at flushing out hard boyz from the valley.
The official said helicopters attacked LI positions in Nangrosa, Spin Drand and Thor Khel areas of Sipah where hard boyz had some of their important hideouts and bunkers on adjoining hilltops which posed a hazard to ground offensives by security forces.
Security officials had earlier claimed to have taken control of some important localities in Sipah where the LI had strong presence.
LI front man Salahuddin Ayubi conceded the destruction of hideouts on Saturday but insisted that no activist of the group had been killed. He also claimed that hard boyz had captured two soldiers but the claims could not be verified.
Sailab Mahsud adds from Dera Ismail Khan
... the Pearl of Pashtunistan ...
: At least two soldiers were killed when an improvised bomb went off near a military vehicle in Nanno area of South Waziristan.
A local front man for the banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistain, Azam Tariq Mahsud, grabbed credit for the attack.