Khar (Pakistan), Nov 6: In a bid to flush out militants from the Bajaur Agency, Pakistani security forces bombed their hideouts with the help of gunship helicopters in overnight raids.

The raids took place in parts of Chaharmang in which several militants were reportedly killed, reported The News.

While fresh contingent of security forces have reached the troubled agency, security forces continued overnight shelling at pro-militants stronghold in Chaharmang, Nawagai and Mamond areas.

Khar, Oct 8 : The Salarzai tribe in Bajaur Agency, which had resolved at a jirga last week not to allow “foreigners” to enter the area, has claimed that their area had been cleared of militants and that now it was for the Pakistan government to re-establish its writ and deploy more security forces.

Tribal elders and Ulema attended the jirga which also decided that the Salarzai lashkar would continue its campaign against militants. Teams comprising 200 armed volunteers were set up for night patrolling in the main areas of Salarzai, including Upper Madak, Lower Madak, Upper Sadin and Lower Sadin.

Khar (Pakistan), Sept 27: The Taliban and Al Qaeda network in Pakistan’s Bajaur Agency will be demolished within two months from now, and there has been a significant improvement in recent weeks in the fight against the insurgents and extremists in the area, said Bajaur Agency’s FC Inspector General Maj Gen Tariq Khan.

“My timeframe for Bajaur is anything from between one-and-a-half to two months to bring about stability,” Khan said while speaking to media persons on a specially orgainsed trip to the area.

Khar (Pak), Sept 21 : Pakistan security forces claimed to have killed at least 16 members of the Pakistan unit of the Taliban, the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), in fierce gunbattles in Bajaur Agency over the past 24 hours.

Helicopter gunships and artillery were used in the fresh clashes that erupted late on Friday, while five fighters were killed in a gunbattle early on Saturday near Shakai village, the Daily Times quoted a security official as saying.

The other deaths occurred overnight in nearby villages, he said.

The casualty figure could not be independently verified. Residents said that reinforcements, including a large number of fresh troops and tanks had arrived in Bajaur.

Khar (Pak), Sept 16 : Pakistan security forces today claimed to have gunned down ten more militants in the Bajaur Agency. Several militants were also injured in the air attacks carried out with the help of security forces gunship-helicopters and jet planes.

According to sources, the helicopters and jet planes fired shells and bombs at militants’ hideouts in Bajaur Agency, killing ten terrorists instantly.

According to The News, security forces pounded militants’ positions with gunship helicopters and jet planes in Loisam, Tangkhata and Shakai area of Bajaur Agency, killing at least 10 militants.

Meanwhile, indefinite curfew was enforced in the area while people were fleeing to safe places.

Khar, Sept 14 : In a fresh crackdown on radical Islamist militants in Pakistan, the country’s Army today claimed to have gunned down more than 70 terrorists in the Bajaur Agency. Eight Pakistani soldiers were also killed in the cross firing, sources said.

Around 25 militants were injured in the crackdown, they added.

According to the Daily Times, six terrorists were killed and five injured when a helicopter gunship attacked the vehicle carrying them to Mohmand Agency. However, a military spokesman, Major Murad Khan, told a foreign news agency, “we killed 72 militants, while eight of our soldiers have died in Bajaur since Wednesday.”