Militants Killed In Wake Of School Massacre Dozens of insurgents are killed by security forces near Peshawar, days after a Taliban attack on a school left 133 children dead. At least 67 militants have been killed in a tribal area of Pakistan – days after Taliban fighters orchestrated a terror attack which left 149 people dead, most of them children. The insurgents were ambushed by security forces in a region bordering Peshawar, where the school massacre took place. It is thought they were travelling to Afghanistan. Airstrikes and ground operations were used to target the fighters, Pakistans military said in a statement. It added: Fleeing terrorists left behind bodies of their accomplices. Following on from Tuesdays terror attack - the deadliest in the countrys history - the army has been under renewed pressure to root out militants from their hideouts and training camps in the mountainous regions of Khyber and North Waziristan. The massacre was quickly followed by threats reportedly targeting school buses with magnetic bombs, with drivers urged to check underneath their vehicles before setting off.
Posted on: Fri, 19 Dec 2014 12:41:01 +0000
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