At
least 10 militants were killed when
Security Forces (SFs) fighter jets
pounded various suspected militant
hideouts in Mamozai, Jandarkhel
and Samaa Bazaar areas of Orakzai
Agency in Federally Administered
Tribal Areas (FATA) on May 28, reports
Dawn. The bombardment left
three suspected militant hideouts
completely destroyed.
Separately,
two separate US drone attacks killed
at least nine militants near Miranshah,
the main town of North Waziristan
Agency. The first, in the early
hours of the morning, targeted a
militant compound in Hassokhel town,
25 kilometres (16 miles) east of
Miranshah, killing at least five
militants. The second attack targeted
a militant vehicle in Datta Khel
town, 30 kilometres (18 miles) west
of Miranshah, killing four militants.
Meanwhile,
air forces jets killed five suspected
militants in Tirah valley area of
Khyber Agency.
Elsewhere,
three Shias were killed and another
six injured when unidentified militants
ambushed a Peshawar-bound bus in
Charkhel village of Parachinar in
Kurram Agency. “Gunmen attacked
a passenger bus carrying Shias with
hand grenades and firearms, killing
three and wounding six others,”
a local administration official
said on condition of anonymity.
The dead were identified as Abid
Hussain (driver), Iftikhar Hussain
and Spine Ali.
Further,
two soldiers were killed and several
injured in a Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan
(TTP)
militants’ ambush in Kot Langarkhel
area of South Waziristan Agency.
In
addition, militants blew up a Government
boys’ primary school in Qayumabad
Lakaro area of Safi tehsil
(revenue unit) in Mohmand Agency.
However, no loss of life was reported.
Over the last few months, 95 schools,
dozens of health centres and a few
telephone exchanges have been targeted
by militants in Mohmand Agency.
In Safi tehsil alone, more than
45 schools have been blown up leaving
more than 25,000 children without
education. | 
