By Web Desk / Reuters
Published: April 24, 2014
File photo of a Pakistan Air Force JF-17 Thunder. PHOTO: PPI
KHYBER AGENCY: Jet planes bombed hideouts of militants in various areas of Khyber Agency early on Thursday, Express News reported.
According to an Express News correspondent, security sources said that 23 militants were killed and 15 others were injured in the aerial bombing which took place in the Sipah area of Bara tehsil and the Koka Khel area.
The operation was carried out on a tip-off that militants who were involved in the Sabzi Mandi blast in Islamabad and the attack on the police in Charsadda were present in the area, military sources said.
This is the first operation against insurgents in two months.
“Militant hideouts were engaged by fighter jets in Khyber agency early (in the) morning today,” the army’s press wing said in a text message sent to media.
A senior military official in Peshawar said the operation was still under way.
“After the jets, Pakistan army ground forces also launched operations in the area,” he said.
Another military official said at least 15 militants were killed, but there was no official confirmation.
Aerial bombing in Khyber Agency kills 23 militants, injures 15 – The Express Tribune
Published: April 24, 2014
File photo of a Pakistan Air Force JF-17 Thunder. PHOTO: PPI
KHYBER AGENCY: Jet planes bombed hideouts of militants in various areas of Khyber Agency early on Thursday, Express News reported.
According to an Express News correspondent, security sources said that 23 militants were killed and 15 others were injured in the aerial bombing which took place in the Sipah area of Bara tehsil and the Koka Khel area.
The operation was carried out on a tip-off that militants who were involved in the Sabzi Mandi blast in Islamabad and the attack on the police in Charsadda were present in the area, military sources said.
This is the first operation against insurgents in two months.
“Militant hideouts were engaged by fighter jets in Khyber agency early (in the) morning today,” the army’s press wing said in a text message sent to media.
A senior military official in Peshawar said the operation was still under way.
“After the jets, Pakistan army ground forces also launched operations in the area,” he said.
Another military official said at least 15 militants were killed, but there was no official confirmation.
Aerial bombing in Khyber Agency kills 23 militants, injures 15 – The Express Tribune
