Seven militants were killed by Security Forces (SFs) in Janduli
and Bootakhel
villages of Dabori
area in Orakzai
Agency of Federally
Administered Tribal
Areas (FATA) on
July 27, reports
Dawn. Sources
said SFs targeted
four militant
hideouts with
heavy artillery
and killed seven
militants. One
sepoy Abdul Malik
was injured after
a landmine exploded
near a convoy
of SFs in Gall
village of Dabori
area. Sources
said SFs cordoned
off the area after
the explosion
and began a search
and clear operation.
Separately, at least four Lashkar-e-Islam (LI) militants were
killed and four
others critically
injured when a
blast ripped through
an LI hideout
in the Akkakhel
area of Bara tehsil
(revenue unit)
in Khyber Agency.
“It was a planted
explosive device
that went off
about 11.00pm
in the Akkakhel
area,” Muhammad
Nasir, Bara Political
Administrator
said. The blast
completely destroyed
the compound containing
the hideout, Nasir
added.
Meanwhile, the death toll in Bajaur Agency’s Salarzai tehsil
car bomb blast
increased to 15
as four more injuries
succumbed to their
injuries. | 
