Troops kill 13 militants in Swat, Orakzai

MINGORA: Troops killed four militants in an exchange of fire near Swat’s Amludarra area, DawnNews reported.

Separately, in Orakzai, nine suspected militants were killed in different areas of the agency.

According to official sources, fighter jets pounded hideouts of Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan chief Hakimullah Mehsud in Orakzai’s Ferozkhel-Mela area. Security forces also destroyed three other militant hideouts and four vehicles.

Orakzai agency is a stronghold of militants. A large number of militants have also entered the agency from the Kurram agency after the military operation in South Waziristan began.