Sources said jets carried out air strikes at Dars Jamaat and Khushab Darra localities of Akkakhel in Tirah valley, where activists of banned Lashkar-e-Islam
...a group of Islamic bandidos infesting Khyber Agency. It's headed by a former bus driver....
(LI) had established their hideouts.
The air strikes were carried out on reports that snuffies involved in the suicide kaboom at Wagah border crossing were present in the area, they said, adding that some foreign turbans were among the dead.
Security forces were making steady gains in Tirah where, according to recent reports, the LI had made local people hostage to shield the area from air strikes.
A statement issued by the security forces said that around 148 suspects had been killed in Khyber One operation, and 250 others, including their commanders, had surrendered since Oct 16.
The security forces gave 24 hours to residents of Sipah and Malikdin Khel to move to safe places though most Bara residents had already fled to Beautiful Downtown Peshawar
...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire.
and adjoining areas.
Sipah is the birthplace of LI chief Mangal Bagh
...a former bus driver, now head of the Deobandi bandido group Lashkar-e-Islam and the Terror of Khyber Agency
...who wields considerable influence over local population.
JAMRUD OPERATION: Two suspects were killed and their three accomplices and two soldiers injured during festivities in Laashorha and Shangerh localities of Gundi, officials said.
The security personnel also got two kidnapped men freed during a search operation they carried out after the festivities.