The Pakistan forces on Saturday killed at least 14 militants in an ongoing operation in the tribal Orakzai agency, officials said.
“At least 14 militants have been killed during forces operation in Orakzai agency,” a security official said, adding that several have been injured.
The Pakistan Army jets pounded several militants’ hideouts in Upper Orakzai agency in the operation.
Four hideouts were also destroyed during the clashes. The military operation is continuing in Orakzai agency since last nine weeks while more than 1250 militants have been killed during the clashes, reports our Pakistan correspondent.
On Friday, fifteen suspected militants were killed in a US drone attack in Miran Shah area of Pakistan’s tribal North Waziristan Agency.
Earlier in June, Al Qaeda’s reputed No. 3 official, Mustafa al-Yazid, was killed in a similar strike in the North Waziristan region.
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Boy starved to death by grandmom
Beijing : A Chinese woman starved her six- year-old mentally challenged grandson to death because she believed that he was the reason for all the troubles faced by the family and made her life a mess.
Qiu Fenglan, 60, in China’s Jiangsu province said she starved the boy since February, resulting in his death in March, official media here reported.
Qiu told the police that she starved the boy to help save her son from the troubles. Qiu’s daughter-in-law, who lived in Shanghai, complained to the police about the boy’s death.
Forensic examination indicated the boy died from organ failure due to malnutrition. It means he had been starved to death, a police officer told the state-run Xinhua news agency.
She was detained by the police on March 2, but is now out on bail. Qiu said the boy was living with her because her son was finalising his divorce with her daughter-in-law. —PTI