As many as 20 suspected militants, including three would-be suicide bombers, were killed in an airstrike in Tirah Valley of Khyber Agency on Thursday.
According to Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), jet fighters pounded militant hideouts in Tirah Valley killing 20 suspected militants in the attack.
“In precision aerial strikes in Tirah Valley of Khyber Agency, 20 terrorists including three suicide bombers were killed and hideouts of terrorists including their ammunition and ration dumps were destroyed,” the ISPR said in a brief statement.
According to sources, more than 1,000 terrorists have been killed in the military operations so far in North Waziristan and Khyber Agency.