25 militant-suspects bombed in Tirah

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At least 25 suspected militants were killed early on Tuesday as F-16 jets bombed militant hideouts in the Tirah Valley of Khyber Agency.

According to Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), military jets targeted nine suspected insurgent hideouts in various parts of the Kokikhel area in Tirah Valley.

Pakistani fighter jets have been pounding targets in FATA for the past few weeks.

The airstrikes are the latest in a succession of such attacks carried out by the Pakistani military in the tribal belt this year.

The last attacks were carried out in North Waziristan in late May, killing at least 75 people and causing some 58,000 people to flee from the tribal agency in fear of a fuller ground offensive that has been anticipated for years.

In April, aerial bombing in Khyber Agency killed 37 people.