Taliban position bombed in Orakzai Agency

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At least 24 militants were killed as jets bombed Taliban positions in the tribal region of Orakzai and troops maintained pressure on terrorists in South Waziristan and Swat on Sunday.

At least seven militants were killed and six camps of the banned Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan and a seminary were destroyed in Orakzai Agency.

The jets also pounded the headquarters of TTP chief Hakeemullah Mehsud in Ghiljo bazaar in Upper Orakzai. According to local people, the bazaar was closed as militants surrounded their hideouts and carried out rescue work.

Militants’ positions and hideouts in Dabori and Mamozai areas of Lower Orakzai also came under heavy bombardment.

A large seminary was razed in Dabori. The number of casualties could not be ascertained.

A man and his son were arrested near the toll plaza on the Indus Highway for trying to smuggle arms and ammunition from Darra Adam Khel to Karachi. Two Kalashnikovs, six pistols, two shotguns, a repeater, 28 chargers and 1,345 cartridges were found in their car.