(MENAFN- QNA) The Pakistani military on Sunday said 27 militants were killed in air strikes targeting militant compounds in North Waziristan Agency.
A statement released by the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) said 27 militants, including some of their important commanders and foreign fighters, were killed in precision strikes North Waziristan's Dattakhel area.
The strikes are part of the military's ongoing militant clean-up operation in the restive tribal area, however as access to the agency is limited, there can be no independent verification of the information provided by the military.
The Pakistan Army said it has so far driven out suspected terrorists from "90 per cent" territory of North Waziristan Agency since the start of Operation Zarb-i-Azb in June.
A total of 1,198 militants have been killed and 356 injured since the operation was launched five months ago, Zarb-i-Azb Military Operation Commander Maj Gen Zafarullah Khan said.
"So far an area of 2,708 square kilometres has been wrested back from the terrorists while the rest will be cleared as early as possible."
Maj Gen Khan told reporters specially flown to Mirali and Miramshah for a briefing: "In an across-the-board military operation against foreign and local terrorists hiding in North Waziristan, we have also made major recoveries of weapons, ammunition, explosives, IEDs and their manufacturing facilities."
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