| GEO Pakistan | | Bajaur operation: 100 militants, 9 security forces personnel killed | Updated at: 2121 PST, Sunday, August 10, 2008
 BAJAUR AGENCY: Security forces bombed dozens of militant hideouts in Bajaur Agency near the Afghan border on Sunday, officials said, amid reports that days of clashes have killed at least 100 militants and nine paramilitary troops.
According to sources, two spells of aerial bombing destroyed militants’ hideouts in several villages. Sources said bombs also struck a school occupied by Taliban fighters in Loi Sam, a village that has been a key focus of the fighting and Banda area.
Meanwhile, military jets and helicopters dropped bombs and shells, apparently on suspected Taliban positions.
A paramilitary Frontier Corps statement said nine troops and at least 100 militants were killed in the last four days. Maulvi Umar, a Pakistani Taliban spokesman, claimed the militants had handed over 22 bodies belonging to security forces in the last three days after pleas from tribal elders. |  |
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