At least 30 bodies of suspected Taliban fighters were recovered in northwest Pakistan's insurgency- hit Swat valley on Monday, witnesses said, Xinhua reported.
The Pakistani army said they were killed in fighting with the security forces.
Locals said that mutilated bodies of Taliban fighters were found in Charbagh area, some 12 kilometers from Mingora, the main city in Swat valley.
Military and local authorities said that the militants were killed in operation in different parts of Swat but locals said they saw bullet signs on the bodies who were thrown on road.
This is the first time that 30 bodies of Taliban fighters were found on one day and third time this month to find slain Taliban bodies.
A spokesman for the army-run media center in Swat said that Taliban militants were killed in clashes with the security forces. He said that the security forces have conducted search operation in Charbagh and adjoining areas over the past three days and killed 30 militants.
The practice of recovering bodies of unidentified slain people has increased since the army has launched operation in Swat valley in May. Locals say that over 150 bodies who were believed to be Taliban, have been recovered so far.
On Aug. 9, people spotted five bodies of Taliban while on Aug. 16 a total of 18 bodies of suspected Taliban were recovered in different parts of Swat.
A suicide bomber killed at least 17 community police recruits in Mingora on Sunday.
Spokesman for Swat Taliban Muslim Khan said earlier this month that security forces are behind the killing of their arrested militants.
A fact-finding mission of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) to Swat has documented accounts of extra judicial killings by the security forces, discovery of mass graves in the conflict-hit region, and the continued suffering of the civilian population. The government denied allegations.
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