Pakistan airstrike kills 42 militants: officials
At least 42 militants were killed Saturday when Pakistani jet fighters bombed their meeting in a northwestern tribal area bordering Afghanistan, officials said. The airstrike took place in the remote Tirrah valley of Khyber tribal district, they said.
"At least 42 militants of Lashkar-e-Islam were killed and two militant hideouts were also destroyed," Khyber administration chief Shafeerullah Wazir told AFP.
Posted by: ed 2010-04-10 |