LANDI KOTAL: Twenty-three suspected militants were killed and at least 12 injured when helicopter gunships pounded militant hideouts in Tirah valley on Thursday.
Official sources said Taliban sanctuaries were targeted in Kandaw and Kandu Ghaibi areas of Kukikhel, adding that 16 suspected Taliban were killed and 10 others injured.
In similar air strikes in Mehraban Kalley, Thor Darra and Wochay Wany, seven suspected militants died and two of their associates were injured.
The air strikes destroyed four Taliban sanctuaries, officials said. http://www.dawn.com/news/1175030/23-killed-in-tirah
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