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Summary Security forces Saturday destroyed three hideouts in Tehsil Bara of Khyber Agency, a report said.
Ramping up ground operation, army tanks pounded suspected hideouts of insurgents after troops surrounded militants’ strongholds, Malik Din Khel, Sipah and other areas, reports a news agency. No fresh causality has so far been reported.Hundreds of families were shifted to Peshawar city and its adjacent areas on Friday following the military announcement to kick off operation in the restive tribal agency.Though, a partial anti-militant operation has been underway in the area for last two years, but insurgents have escalated their organized attacks on security troops, killing at least a dozen armymen, including a captain, and injuring many others during the last five days.
