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Military jets pound militant hideouts in Orakzai; eight killed
[Dawn] Eight bully boyz were killed and 12 others injured in an air strike by the Pak security agencies in Orakzai agency while a mortar blast killed two people including a child in Mohmand agency on Thursday.Both areas are part of Pakistain's seven semi-autonomous tribal regions in the northwest, where Pak Taliban and al Qaeda-linked bully boyz are said to have carved out strongholds. Assistant political agent Upper Orakzai Rafiq Mohmand has confirmed the reports of at least eight bad turbans' deaths and said that 12 others were maimed when the military jets targeted their hideouts in Mamozai area. He said at least three hideouts of the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistain (TTP) backed bully boyz were destroyed in the strikes along with their ammunition depots. Security officials claim that up to 92 per cent of the Orakzai agency has been cleared of the bad turbans, however, the border area between Tirrah valley and Kurram agency is still being held by them, which is being targeted now. In a separate incident, a mortar shell kaboom has left two people including a child dead in Safi Tehsil of Mohmand agency. According to officials, the boy and the youngster overstepped a mortar shell near their house which went kaboom!, resulting in the death of the two on the spot. Posted by: Fred 2013-03-01 |
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