Army gunship helicopters pounded militant positions in Mamozai
area
of
Orakzai
Agency
in
Federally
Administered
Tribal
Areas
(FATA)
on
April
8
and
killed
14
militants,
reports
Dawn.
Officials
claimed
that
militant
‘commanders’
Lutfur
Rehman,
Hisbanur
Rehman,
Luqman
Khan
and
Islamuddin
were
killed
in
shelling
on
four
militant
hideouts.
With
military
aircraft
bombing
militant
hideouts
in
different
areas,
residents
have
started
moving
to
safe
places.
According
to
witnesses,
women
and
children
have
been
forced
to
trek
through
difficult
terrain
on
their
way
to
Hangu
District
(Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa)
via
central
Kurram
Agency.
Many
families
have
reached
Tora
Warai
area
of
Hangu
where
they
are
looking
for
shelter
and
food.
Meanwhile, four personnel of Tochi Scouts were injured in a
roadside
bomb
blast
on
the
Miranshah-Dattakhel
road
near
Miranshah
in
North
Waziristan
Agency,
reports
Dawn. |
