BARA:
Nine suspected
militants were
killed when jet fighters pounded their hideouts in
Rajgal and its surrounding areas of Tirah
Valley of Khyber Agency, official and tribal sources said on Saturday.
They said that six hideouts of
militants were also destroyed in the attack carried out as part of the renewed military operation in the remote
Rajgal Valley sited close to the border with Afghanistan.
The slain
militants were believed to be affiliated with the outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan and Lashkar-e-Islam.
It was learnt that these
militants were trying to cross the border and enter Pakistan via
Rajgal in Tirah Valley.
More than 30
militants have so far been
killed and 15 of their sanctuaries were destroyed in the last four days of the Khyber-3 military operation. Chief of the Army Staff General Raheel Sharif also visited the Tirah
Valley on Friday where he met the troops and pledged to purge the area of militants.
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