Pakistan troops, backed by helicopter gunships, have killed 43 militants in hideouts in Pakistan's northwestern Khyber Pass region, military officials said Saturday.
The paramilitary Frontier Corps said its troops also destroyed a base belonging to Taliban-affiliated group Lashkar-e-Islam in an operation launched late last month after a suicide bombing at a border checkpoint killed 19 police.
The remote region is largely off limits to journalists, making it difficult to verify the information independently.
The Khyber Pass is the main route for supplies being trucked to Western forces fighting the Taliban and al-Qaeda in Afghanistan and has been repeatedly targeted for attack.
Pakistan is under U.S. pressure to crack down on militants close to the Afghan border, especially the lawless tribal belt where al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden is suspected to be hiding. link...
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