Pakistan security forces killed 30 militants during an air strike in the tribal region of South Waziristan near the Afghanistan border today, the military said.
The forces attacked militant hideouts in the Shawal mountains after receiving a tipoff, Pakistan’s military said in a statement on its Web site.
Pakistan’s army is engaged in an operation against the Taliban in South Waziristan that has forced rebels to flee to remote areas near the border with Afghanistan. Since October, 28,000 troops have fought insurgents, triggering suicide bombings and gun attacks in major Pakistani cities.
A police official was killed and six officers wounded in suicide attacks on two police stations in northwest Pakistan, Agence France-Presse reported, citing a the authorities.
In the first attack a gunfight broke out when two suicide bombers stormed a police station in Mansehra, station chief Waheed Khan told AFP. In a separate attack in the neighboring mountain town of Balakot, a suicide bomber killed station chief Khalil Khan and wounded three policemen, AFP reported, citing local police official Sabir Ullah.
At least 3,000 people were killed in terrorist attacks across the country last year, according to the Islamabad-based Pakistan Institute for Peace Studies.
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