12 bodies recovered in Bara District

According to official sources, twelve mutilated and bullet-riddled bodies of unidentified people were found as security forces continued search operations in Khyber Agency.One of the dead has been identified, who belongs to Sipah area of Bara District.Security forces are carrying out search operation for the fourth consecutive day in which more than adozen militants were killed.Some 18,000 people fled their homes in Khyber in October last year amid fears of a fresh onslaught of fighting between the army and militants.Seven tribal districts near the Afghan border are rife with homegrown insurgents and are strongholds of Taliban and al Qaeda operatives.Militants have killed more than 4,800 people across Pakistan since July 2007.