KOHAT/HANGU/KALAYA: Thirty-nine militants were killed and 49 sustained injuries in the ongoing military operation in various parts of Orakzai Agency, official and tribal sources said on Tuesday.
The sources said the military operation continued for the eighth consecutive day in Orakzai Agency during which fighter jets and gunship helicopters pounded the hideouts and compounds of the militants in Anjani, Mamozai, Katapanra, Khwa Sturikhel and Malandara areas.
The sources said a woman was killed and two others sustained injuries when an artillery shell fired by security forces hit the house of Haji Arjali Khan in Aliri Village in the Ferozkhel area. Meanwhile, security forces arrested nine militants in a clash with the militants in Zainakhel and Tajkan areas. Their identity could not be ascertained.
The sources said security forces fired heavy artillery from their base camp in Ferozkhel at Arghanjo in the Mamozai area where the Government Primary School, a dispensary and a market came under attack.
The official sources said eight hideouts and a training camp being used by the militants in the Masozai area were also destroyed in the bombing by fighter planes. Separately, nine members of a family were killed when a rocket fired from an undisclosed location hit a house in Meshti Bazaar in Orakzai Agency, tribal sources said on Tuesday. The sources said a rocket fired by unidentified men missed its target and hit a house, killing nine members of the family.
Source: http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=28082
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