PESHAWAR (Monitoring): More than 150,000 people have fled from northwest Pakistan’s tribal areas as the military launched a fresh offensive against Taliban militants, officials said Friday.
Pakistan launched an operation in Khyber Agency in October against militants who had taken a sanctuary there after fleeing Taliban strongholds in North Waziristan where military started a large-scale operation against them in mid-June.
“Since October 13, 171,559 people have moved from Khyber to Peshawar and Kohat,” tribal disaster management department spokesman Haseeb Khan told AFP, referring to two cities that border the tribal region.
