 |
| Khyber region [MAP: TUBS/CC BY-SA 3.0] |
Islamabad: At least 31 pro-Taliban militants have been killed in fresh airstrikes by the Pakistani army in the country's volatile northwest, the military says.
An army statement issued on January 4 said attacks late on January 2 targeted the Tirah Valley in the Khyber region.
The statement said four militant hideouts and a suicide bomber training center were destroyed in the attacks.
Pakistan's military says it has killed more than 1,200 militants since it started an offensive in another tribal area -- North Waziristan -- last spring.
The military launched an operation against militants in the region in October which escalated after a militant attack on a school in the northwestern city of Peshawar.
On December 16, a group of pro-Taliban militants stormed an army-run school in Peshawar and killed about 150 people, including 132 students. Some 120 students were also injured in the raid.