Pakistan military says it has carried out fresh airstrikes near the Afghan border, killing at least 18 suspected terrorists and eliminating around a dozen of their hideouts.
Tuesday's action focused on Khyber and North Waziristan tribal agencies where Pakistani Taliban and fugitive Afghan insurgents are entrenched.
Officials also reported that at least six civilians, including three female teachers and two children, were killed in a roadside bomb blast that struck a school van Tuesday in the Bajaur tribal agency, bordering Afghanistan.
Pakistani troops are engaged in a massive counter-insurgency operation in the Waziristan area, described by some as one of the biggest militant sanctuaries. Authorities claims the offensive launched in June has killed more than 600 militants while the army also has lost around 40 soldiers.
Almost all of Pakistan's seven tribal agencies, known as Federally Administered Tribal Area (FATA), are located on the Afghan border and notorious for sheltering local as well as foreign militants, including those operating against U.S.-led coalition forces in Afghanistan.
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