PARACHINAR, Pakistan: A government official said Friday that Pakistan’s Army has killed at least nine suspected militants in a northwest tribal region near the Afghan border.
Mohammed Yasin said the military used helicopter gunships to destroy three militant hide-outs in the Orakzai area early Friday.
Many Taleban fighters are believed to have fled to Orakzai since the army launched a major offensive against them in the South Waziristan in October. Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani has hinted the army will pursue a full-scale offensive in Orakzai.
