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Summary Pakistani fighter jets bombed several militant hideouts in northwestern Orakzai agency.
In the operation near the Afghanistan border, 33 militants were killed and 23 wounded, military officials said on Saturday.According to security sources, hideouts of terrorists were pounded by the forces in Upper Orakzai Agency area of Mamozai, Oadkhel and Jabba. As a result, a dozen saboteurs present at the hideouts were killed and several others were injured in the action.As many as three terror dens were also destroyed in the crackdown, sources added.In another strike, four militant hideouts in the Khadezai and Mamozai areas of tribal region were destroyed by bombardment of jet fighters killing at least 21 militants.Orakzai is one of seven ethnic Pashtun tribal areas where the Pakistani military has carried out offensives to root out insurgent groups. --Online
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