HANGU: At least 14 Taliban were killed and 16 others injured in airstrikes and clashes with security forces in Lower Orakzai Agency, security officials said on Sunday. Officials said three Taliban were injured in their clash with security forces in the agency's Goyeen area.
Separately, fighter jets pounded various Taliban hideouts in Mashte Maila and Sangra areas of the Lower Orakzai Agency and Shakar Tangi area in the Upper Orakzai Agency, in which six Taliban were killed and 13 injured. Seven Taliban hideouts were also destroyed in the shelling.