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Jets pound militant positions in S Waziristan
Thursday, August 27, 2009
PESHAWAR: Jets and helicopter gunships pounded militant positions in South Waziristan on Wednesday, officials said, in a fresh assault on Taliban militants in the tribal belt.
The strikes hit about 40 kilometres east of South Waziristans main town Wana, security and military officials said, with a handful of troops and militants killed in the bombing and clashes. This is basically a road clearance operation. Gunships and heavy artillery are taking part. Jet fighters also bombed their positions, a military official based in Peshawar told AFP.
A security official said paramilitary forces were clearing about 20 kilometres of road from South Waziristan to the neighbouring Dera Ismail Khan district to make it secure for paramilitary and military movement. We are facing some minor resistance, militants are firing rockets and using other weapons, the security official said.
Jets pound militant positions in S Waziristan
Thursday, August 27, 2009
PESHAWAR: Jets and helicopter gunships pounded militant positions in South Waziristan on Wednesday, officials said, in a fresh assault on Taliban militants in the tribal belt.
The strikes hit about 40 kilometres east of South Waziristans main town Wana, security and military officials said, with a handful of troops and militants killed in the bombing and clashes. This is basically a road clearance operation. Gunships and heavy artillery are taking part. Jet fighters also bombed their positions, a military official based in Peshawar told AFP.
A security official said paramilitary forces were clearing about 20 kilometres of road from South Waziristan to the neighbouring Dera Ismail Khan district to make it secure for paramilitary and military movement. We are facing some minor resistance, militants are firing rockets and using other weapons, the security official said.
Jets pound militant positions in S Waziristan
