Pakistani Fighter Jets Pound Taliban, 40 Dead In Airstrikes In Orakzai and Khyber

Typically, when the Pakistan government decides to take a little heat off of themselves for doing nothing to control the Taliban forces in the northwestern territories, they will pound the shit out of Orakzai agency and the past two days are no different as fighter jets were scrambled and Taliban compounds targeted for airstrikes that have killed about 40 Taliban jihadis.

The story comes from DAWN.

Jets blitz suspected militant hideouts in Khyber, Orakzai; seven killed


PESHAWAR: At least seven suspected militants were killed early on Wednesday when army jets pounded militant hideouts in the northwestern tribal regions of Orakzai and Khyber.

Upper Orakzai’s assistant political agent Muhammad Rafique told Dawn.com that three militant hideouts were destroyed in the bombardment, adding that seven militants had reportedly been killed in the strikes.

The jets struck suspected militant hideouts in the Ublan area of Orakzai tribal region and near the Khyber tribal region’s border with Orakzai.

Earlier on Tuesday, security agencies had claimed to have killed 33 militants affiliated to the outlawed Lashkar-i-Islam (LI) and Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in multiple jet strikes conducted in the remote Tirah valley of Khyber and in the Mamozai area of Orakzai.

Khyber and Orakzai are among Pakistan’s seven tribal districts near the Afghan border which are rife with homegrown insurgents and are alleged to be strongholds of Taliban and Al Qaeda operatives.