Several important militant compounds, including a large underground ammunition dump and tunnel complex, were destroyed in the air attacks, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a communique.
“In very effective and precise aerial strikes north of Datta Khel in North Waziristan this [Friday] evening, 23 terrorists have been killed and some important militant compounds have been destroyed,” it said. A huge underground ammunition dump and tunnel complex was destroyed in the air blitz as well.
The military says it has killed more than 1,700 militants so far in its heavy offensive in North Waziristan and Khyber Agency. The military has ramped up its offensive against militants in the wake of the December 16 attack in Peshawar.
At least seven foreign militants were killed and two were injured in two simultaneous drone attacks on militant hideouts in different areas of the Shawal mountainous region of North Waziristan on Friday morning, intelligence officials and local sources said.
