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Pakistan Airstrikes Kill 13 Militants in Tribal Area
[AnNahar] Pak jets bombed Lion of Islam hideouts in a restive tribal area bordering Afghanistan and killed at least 13 hard boyz on Tuesday, the military said.The strikes were carried out at Degan village, a stronghold of Talibs in the North .png) Wazoo tribal district."Seven terrorist hideouts were destroyed and 13 bad boyz were potted, including foreigners, by jet aircraft strikes in Degan in North Waziristan Agency today," a military statement said. More than half a million civilians have fled the long-awaited offensive unleashed by the military on the tribal area last month. The military has vowed to wipe out the strongholds which hard boyz have used to mount countless deadly attacks in recent years. So far 399 hard boyz and 20 soldiers have been killed in the offensive, according to the military. The area is off-limits to journalists and the number and identity of the dead is impossible to verify. The rugged mountainous area has been a hideout for years for Islamist hard boyz of all stripes -- including Al-Qaeda and the homegrown Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistain as well as imported muscle including Uzbeks and Uighurs. Posted by: trailing wife 2014-07-09 |
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