Pakistan army kills 40 militants in week-long operation

At least 40 militants were killed and 21 others injured in the ongoing military operation in Pakistan’s northwest tribal area of Khyber agency, over the last one week, an army statement said Monday.

In the treacherous terrain of Rajgal some 43 terrorists’ hideouts were also destroyed during airstrikes and ground assaults since the start of the internal battle against militants.

The operation, codenamed Khyber-III, was launched on August 16 as a part of the military’s efforts to check the movement of terrorists along the porous border between Pakistan and Afghanistan.

22 de agosto de 2016, 08:51Islamabad, Aug 22 (Prensa Latina) Pakistani army continues today a new phase of its offensive against armed groups in the tribal zone, in the west of the country, where in the last hours six radicals were killed.

The ISPR said that security forces have occupied passes and are now consolidating their positions up in high mountains in Rajgal.

Khyber Operation aims at effectively checking and guarding against terrorists’ movement along high mountains and all-weather passes.

According to the ISPR, security forces destroyed terror hideouts in Sattar Kallay and Naray Nao villages.

Arms and ammunition were also recovered from the killed terrorist.

The Pakistani offensive has squeezed some groups into small pockets of territory, while others have fled over the border into lawless areas of eastern Afghanistan.