11 February 2012, 03:52 (GMT+04:00)

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Pakistani jets kill 30 militants

Pakistani jets kill at least 30 militants and destroy their hideouts in the Khyber tribal region bordering Afghanistan on Tuesday, security officials said, Press TV reported.

Pakistani air force jets and helicopter gunships pounded suspected insurgent hideouts in Nare Baba and Sheen Drand villages in Teerah Valley on Tuesday and killed thirty militants local officials said.

Pakistani Intelligence officials also confirmed the airstrikes and said 30 insurgents were killed, AP reported.

Taliban insurgents who have left Waziristan and the Orakzai tribal regions after army offensives are believed to have established new bases in the Khyber region.

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