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| Thirteen militants killed in Orakzai air strikes |
| 2009-08-14 |
| [Dawn] Thirteen militants were killed and five others injured when helicopter gunships shelled their camp and hideouts in Upper Orakzai agency on Thursday. Militants' hideouts in Lower Orakzai were also shelled, but no casualty was reported. Troops captured 16 militants during an operation in Bosti Khel, Shpalkiwal and Zor Kalay areas of Darra Adam Khel in the Frontier Region of Kohat. According to officials, 13 militants were killed in the air attacks on a training camp and five hideouts in Shnawarai, Tora Warai and Kurt areas of Upper Orakzai. (According to AP news agency, helicopters destroyed several bases and hideouts near the Kurram and Aurakzai tribal regions run by Taliban commander Hakimullah Mehsud and killed at least 12 insurgents, intelligence officials said. They said troops saw the bodies from the air but did not retrieve them. Several militants were also wounded, and the casualties could rise because some people were believed to be still buried under the rubble of their hide-outs, the officials said.) According to local people, militants from Waziristan and Afghanistan have set up camps and seminaries in the areas and are involved in kidnapping and killing of people on the Kohat-Parachinar highway. They are also involved in sectarian violence in Kurram and Hangu. |
| Posted by:Fred |