RAWALPINDI (Web Desk) – At least six suspected militants have been killed and several others injured in the aerial strike of PAF jets in Khyber Agency region on Saturday.
The action, according to Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), took place early in the morning.
The military has mounted a series of air strikes and ground assaults in Tirah in recent weeks. Military says they have captured key passes in a remote region that has never before come under full government control.
The operation in Tirah, part of Khyber tribal area, aims to build on the army s offensive against strongholds of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and other militant groups in nearby North Waziristan that began in June last year.
