Retaliation: Bombing in Orakzai kills eight militants
On Friday, militants had attacked a security check post; one official was killed and eight militants injured.
HANGU:
Eight militants were killed when Pakistani jet fighters pounded militant hideouts in Upper Orakzai Agency in the early hours of Saturday.
According to an official of the security forces, at around 3am two fighter planes bombed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan hideouts in Sheen Qamar, Kismat Sanga and two other troubled areas. On Friday, militants had attacked a security check post in which one official was killed and eight militants were injured. The jet fighters retaliated to stop them from further attacking security check posts in the agency.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 5th, 2013.
Eight militants were killed when Pakistani jet fighters pounded militant hideouts in Upper Orakzai Agency in the early hours of Saturday.
According to an official of the security forces, at around 3am two fighter planes bombed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan hideouts in Sheen Qamar, Kismat Sanga and two other troubled areas. On Friday, militants had attacked a security check post in which one official was killed and eight militants were injured. The jet fighters retaliated to stop them from further attacking security check posts in the agency.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 5th, 2013.