, Pakistain military claimed on Thursday.The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), in a statement said that the fighter aircraft struck holy warrior hideouts in Akakhel, Tirah and other areas of the agency as part of ongoing Khyber Operation.
The details, however, could not be verified as access for journalists is restricted in the area.
Eight Pak soldiers and 21 bad boyz were potted while several others injured earlier on Wednesday in Spin Qamar area of Khyber Agency.
Pak military launched a major offensive in North Wazoo in June and say they have killed more than 1,100 Lions of Islam so far, with 100 soldiers losing their lives in the operation. Later, it shifted focus to Khyber Agency after claiming to have cleared the NWA.
According to ISPR, about 66 Lions of Islam and 12 soldiers have also been injured in the army's ongoing operations in Khyber so far. Whereas, more than a 100 holy warriors, including some key commanders, have surrendered to the authorities.
Khyber is among Pakistain's seven semi-autonomous tribal districts near the Afghan border, rife with homegrown gunnies and foreign holy warriors. These are also home to religious Lion of Islam organizations including Al Qaeda.
The plains of Bara hold strategic significance for holy warrior groups as they connect the agency to the outskirts of 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.
. The area was being used by Lions of Islam to put pressure on the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
... formerly NWFP, still Terrorism Central...
capital. In recent weeks, police and military posts in and around Peshawar have come under attack.
The key area also straddles the NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A single organization with differing goals, equipment, language, doctrine, and organization....
supply line into Afghanistan.
Khyber also links several agencies to each other, serving as a north-south route within the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata). The region has been long fought over by a mix of holy warrior organizations, including the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistain (TTP), the Ansarul Islam and Mangal Bagh
...a former bus driver, now head of the Deobandi bandido group Lashkar-e-Islam and the Terror of Khyber Agency...
's Lashkar-e-Islam
...a group of Islamic bandidos infesting Khyber Agency. It's headed by a former bus driver....
.