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Ten militants killed, five injured in military strikes in Pak’s Orakzai region | | Ten militants were killed and five others injured when helicopter gunships pounded their hideouts in various areas of Lower Orakzai tribal region in Pakistan
on Saturday. According to official sources, military helicopters targeted militant
positions in Andar Mella, Malokhel and Saidkhel villages, after nine people including
security personnel were kidnapped, the Dawn reported. Those kidnapped were going
from Bezotkhel to Kohat on Friday when militants stopped their vehicles in Saidkhel
area and forcibly took them away, sources said. Three hideouts were destroyed
in the shelling. The political administration called a meeting of the elders of
Bezotkhel, Perozkhel and Istrikhel tribes and asked them to take action against
militants who were attacking security forces’ convoys and government installations
in the area. The elders were also told to inform the security forces about the
movement of militants in their areas.
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