At least 13 suspected militants were killed, and their hideouts were destroyed Wednesday in air strikes by fighter jets in the Shawal tehsil of North Waziristan.
Sources claimed that the jet strikes destroyed at least six hideouts in the Shawal mountains and the area near Dattakhel.
The media has no access to the tribal region, making it difficult to verify the claims of military and militant sources.
The Pakistan Army launched the military operation named Zarb-i-Azb on June 15 following a brazen Taliban-claimed attack on Karachi’s international airport and the failure of peace talks between the government and Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan negotiators.
