The statement added that two ammunition depots were also destroyed in the strikes.
Local sources say that a front man of the banned Lashkar-e-Islam
...a group of Islamic bandidos infesting Khyber Agency. It's headed by a former bus driver....
(LI) bully boy organization, Salahuddin Ayubi, was among those killed in today's air blitz.
At least eight suspected murderous Moslems were killed in a separate military operation in Orakzai Agency
... crawling with holy men, home to Darra Adam Khel, the world's largest illegal arms bazaar. 14 distinct tribes of beturbanned primitives inhabit Orakzai agency's 1500 or so square kilometers...
, according to security sources.
Security forces targeted the murderous Moslems after an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast in Sabak area of Orakzai tribal. One security person also lost his life during the operation.
The details could not be independently verified as the access of media personnel is severely restricted in the region.
The latest development comes a day after Shakir Sipah, a driver of the LI chief Mangal Bagh
...a former bus driver, now head of the Deobandi bandido group Lashkar-e-Islam and the Terror of Khyber Agency
..., was killed in the drone attack on Tuesday along with eight others in Nazyan district of Afghanistan's Nangarhar
The unfortunate Afghan province located adjacent to Mohmand, Kurram, and Khyber Agencies. The capital is Jalalabad. The province was the fief of Younus Khalis after the Soviets departed and one of his sons is the current provincial Taliban commander. Nangarhar is Haqqani country..
province, near the Pak-Afghan border in Khyber Agency.