Pakistan Air Force fighter jets bombed suspected terrorist hideouts in the tribal belt on the Afghan border on Thursday, killing at least 40 people, security officials said.
“At least 40 terrorists were killed in the precision strikes in the Mir Ali area,” one intelligence official told Reuters. “Six different locations were bombed.”
Another official said among the army’s targets were training camps run by Uzbek and Turkmen fighters. Earlier, security officials had said 15 terrorists were killed.