Peshawar, Sep 12: Pakistani troops killed up to 100 militants in a restive northwestern tribal area near the Afghan border after the rebels ambushed a security patrol, a security official has said.
“We launched strikes against militant hideouts in Bajaur and destroyed several compounds they were using,” the official told reporters.
“According to the latest information from the area, between 80 and 100 militants were killed,” the Daily Times quoted the official, as saying.