At least 13 Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan
(TTP)
militants were killed and
several others injured when
helicopter gunships bombed
their positions in Tirah valley
of Khyber Agency in Federally
Administered Tribal Areas
(FATA) on June 20, reports
Dawn. According to
security sources, the helicopters
destroyed five TTP hideouts
in Dwa Thoe and a local militant
‘commander’ was among those
killed.
Meanwhile, more Kukikhel families moved
out of Toor Darra after TTP-Tariq Afridi faction took control of the area. The families
crossed over to Afghanistan and reached Jamrud through the Torkham border after walking for three
days from Tirah via Nangarhar
province of Afghanistan. All the routes to Jamrud from Tirah are either under the
control of TTP
or activists of the Lashkar-e-Islam
(LI).
Separately, an activist of the Tawheedul
Islam (TI) was critically
injured when explosives stored
in the home of his ‘commander’
Mehmud in Bazaar Zakhakhel
exploded. | 
