Several terrorists were reported to have been killed in South Waziristan in the first night-time strike by Pakistan’s first indigenous armed drone, ‘Burraq’.
According to ISPR, “Twenty-one militants were killed in air trikes in Rajgal and Tirah areas of Khyber Agency”
Earlier, the military said it had killed 21 militants in air strikes in a restive northwestern tribal area bordering Afghanistan.
The strikes were carried out late Thursday in the Rajgal and Tirah areas of the lawless Khyber tribal district, where Taliban militant and local Islamist groups are active.
“Twenty-one terrorists were killed in precise aerial strikes last night in remote areas of Rajgal and Tirah,” the military said in a brief statement.
The strikes are part of a major offensive to clear Taliban and Al-Qaeda strongholds that began last year in North Waziristan, one of seven Pakistani tribal districts bordering Afghanistan.
The conflict zone is remote and off-limits to journalists, making it difficult to verify the army’s claims, including the number and identity of those killed.
The military began an offensive in Khyber in October 2014, carrying out air strikes and using artillery, mortars and ground troops.
