According to security officials, during the air raid fighter jets targeted various hideouts in the Tirah valley of the Khyber Agency
reportedly destroying an improvised explosives device (IEDs) making factory and a huge cache of arms, ammunition and kabooms.The raids came a days after at least nine suspected snuffies were killed when gunship helicopters pounded bully boy hideouts in Thall village in Hangu district
... Hangu is famous for its greenery, hills, beauty and water. Most of the people of this area are Bangash & Orakzai Pashtuns. Part of the Bangash are Shia. The Orakzai and the Sunni Bangash are determined to kill them...
On Feb 20, after consultations with the top military leadership of Pakistain Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif
... served two non-consecutive terms as prime minister, heads the Pakistain Moslem League (Nawaz). Noted for his spectacular corruption, the 1998 Pak nuclear test, border war with India, and for being tossed by General Musharraf...
gave a go ahead for the
Khyber is part of Pakistain's semi-autonomous tribal belt on the Afghan border. The Taliban and other al Qaeda-linked groups, who stage attacks in both countries, are known to have strongholds in the zone.