Jets target militants hideouts in South Waziristan: officials


Militants fired rockets at security forces in South Waziristan, officials said Monday, as jets targeted the hideouts of fighters loyal to a feared Taliban warlord. Military, already locked in an eight-week-long offensive against militants in and around Swat valley, has opened up a second front against Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud along the Afghan border. “Rockets fired from unknown locations hit camps of security forces in the rugged mountainous tribal regions of North and South

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