Pakistan air strikes kill 10 in Orakzai Agency

Pakistani military planes have bombed suspected militant hide-outs in the Orakzai tribal area, south-west of Peshawar, killing at least 10 people.

The attacks by Pakistan Air Force fighter jets on Friday morning killed at least ten people, three women and four children among them, and injured around a dozen others.

According to local officials, the house of tribal elder Zikria Khan was razed to the ground during the attack on the Feroz Khel area on the outskirts of Orakzai Agency.

In a related development, security forces said they killed four militants in Mohmand Agency on Friday.

The Orakzai tribal district is where the Pakistani army believes many of the pro-Taliban militants have fled following a military offensive in South Waziristan which began in October.

While the Pakistani army claims that the militants are being forced to flee, locals say civilians are getting killed in these assaults.

The officials maintain that members of the Tehrik-i Taliban who had escaped from South Waziristan were living in the house. Independent sources said Zikria Khan and his family had nothing to do with militants and all the victims were civilians.

Source: PressTV.
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