Operation Khyber IV in the Rajgal area in Tirah, near Afghan border has gained momentum as Pakistan Army has destroyed the hideouts of the militants in one of the most difficult terrain for the counter terrorism operations.
The Armed forces killed eight militants and injured three other in air strikes on their hideouts.
Officials report that numerous hideouts of Lashkar –i-islam and Islamic state (IS) group were besieged in day long shelling.
Residents witnessed helicopters approaching the area and heard the attack. They claim that addition forces have been deployed to the areas in vicinity, since June as a perquisite to the operation.
Pak Force was also a key player in these strikes, along with military helicopters at the LI and IS bases in Pakdara, Naray Naw, Sattar Kalay and Khairaba areas of Rajgal.
The estimates of human and material losses could not be established as reporters had no entry to this area that had been vacated by its Kukikhel inhabitants after the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan and LI occupied the Rajgal heights and surrounding areas in 2011.