Pak intensifies military action against militants

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Press Trust of India Islamabad
Last Updated : May 23 2014 | 6:36 PM IST
At least four militants were killed and scores of others were injured today in targeted and intensified military action against the insurgents in Pakistan's North Waziristan tribal region.
Security forces have entered the Machis Camp area on the outskirts of agency headquarters Miranshah which is considered a stronghold of foreign militants, most of them Uzbeks.
The Dawn reported that the four militants were killed in Machis Camp whereas five others were arrested during the targeted action.
The security forces also blew up militant bases in the area while artillery and jet fighters struck another insurgent base in Sokhel Wazir.
The death toll since action began with air strikes followed by targeted on ground offensives crossed 80, with over 75 suspected militants and four security personnel among those killed.
So far there was no official word from the powerful military which under army chief General Raheel Sharif has resolved to wipe out the militants from the tribal region.
There are also reports that the locals in and around Mir Ali and Miranshah have started moving to safety from the troubled areas but so far there has been no entry of the affected into Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, not even in the first bordering city of Bannu.
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First Published: May 23 2014 | 6:36 PM IST

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