巴基斯坦军方表示，至少有21名武装反叛人士在军方于星期四发动的空袭中丧生。这次空袭的地点是巴基斯坦同阿富汗交界的一个部落地区。
巴基斯坦政府军表示，他们一天前还摧毁了五个被怀疑是武装反叛人士在偏远的蒂拉赫山谷地区的藏身处。之前，当地发生自杀式袭击，造成七名亲巴基斯坦政府的民兵死亡。
巴基斯坦军方官员认为恐怖分子利用他们所处的位置来袭击巴基斯坦安全部队以及争取和平的部落人士。
巴基斯坦部队正在附近的北瓦济里斯坦部落地区对激进分子展开攻势。那里是众所周知的巴基斯坦当地和境外武装激进人士汇集的地方。巴基斯坦官员称，军方今年六月发动攻势以来，已经击毙了大约一千一百名反叛分子。
Pakistan’s military says at least 21 insurgents were killed in air strikes on a tribal region near the Afghan border on Thursday.
Government forces say they also destroyed five suspected militant hideouts in the remote Terah Valley a day after a suicide attack killed seven members of a pro-government tribal militia in the area.
Army officials believe the suspected terrorists were using their positions to attack security forces and tribesmen campaigning for peace in the region.
Pakistani troops are engaged in a major counter-insurgency offensive in the nearby North Waziristan tribal region, a known hub of local and foreign militants. Officials claim to have killed around 1,100 insurgents since the offensive was launched in June.
