RAWALPINDI, Pakistan: At least 20 militants including three suicide bombers were killed in aerial strikes conducted on Thursday as part of the Operation Khyber-2, the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) said.
In a statement, the ISPR said that precise aerial strikes were carried out in Tirah valley of the Khyber tribal region.
The ISPR said that militants’ hideouts including their ammunition and ration dumps were also destroyed in the aerial strikes.
“In precise aerial strikes in Tirah, Khyber today 20 terrorists including 3 suicide bombers were killed. Destroyed hideouts of terrorists include their ammo and ration dumps,” the ISPR statement said.
Huge cache of drugs destroyed in Bara
Meanwhile, a huge quantity of drugs was destroyed in Bara area of Khyber agency on Thursday morning.
The drugs included over 72,700 kilograms of hashish, about 120 kilograms of heroin, 390 kilograms opium and 950 bottles of liquor.
The Corps Commander Peshawar Lieutenant General Hidayat-ur-Rehman, who was the chief guest on the occasion, said that the Federally Administrated Tribal Areas (FATA) will be cleared from all sorts of drugs.
