Several suspected terrorists killed in fresh NWA airstrikes

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Fighter jets struck militant hideouts around the Mirali tehsil of North Waziristan Agency on Sunday, destroying at least five dens and killing a number of terrorists, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a statement.

The ISPR said that a huge quantity of arms and ammunition had been destroyed in the strikes.

Military sources say that troops will move into Mirali only after all hideouts are destroyed and terrorists are killed. It is believed that fleeing terrorists are planting IEDs in various parts of the agency. Forces posted on security posts along the Pak-Afghan border have also been heavily equipped and have been ordered to give a fitting response in case of a cross-border attack by Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) terrorists.

On Saturday, the ISPR said security forces continued consolidation of Miramshah and Miramshah-Dattakhel road.

It said that six prepared motorcycle-borne IEDs, two vehicle-borne IEDs, two 12.7mm and one 14.5mm guns, three vehicles, 11 suicide jackets and a large number of arms and ammunition were seized over the past 24 hours in Khar Warsak, near Degan.

The ISPR said militants had fired rockets on a security checkpost in Mirali from inside Mirali town. Thirteen militants were killed and seven hideouts destroyed in pre-dawn air strikes. Most of the terrorists killed were foreigners, it said.

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