Military jets bombed Taliban positions in the country’s troubled tribal region along the Afghan border on Sunday, killing 22 rebels and wounding several more, security officials claimed. The aerial assault took place in three villages of Orakzai district where the government forces have been carrying out a major operation against Taliban and al-Qaeda fighters since mid-October.“Our fighter jets engaged various hideouts of the militants and completely destroyed two of these,” said a senior official with the paramilitary Frontier Corps (FC) force that is spearheading the assault in the mountainous tribal region. “Twenty-two militants died and several were injured,” added the official who spoke on condition of anonymity.