Dozens killed in strikes on militants in Pakistan | Inquirer News

Dozens killed in strikes on militants in Pakistan

/ 02:54 PM June 15, 2014

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan—The Pakistani military says it has struck militants in the country’s northwest responsible for a five-hour siege of the Karachi airport a week ago.

There were conflicting accounts of how many people were killed in the Sunday morning airstrikes.

The military said in a statement that over 50 militants were killed, although intelligence officials earlier put the toll as high as 100 militants killed.

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The North Waziristan tribal area where the strikes occurred is remote and dangerous for journalists to access, making it impossible to independently verify the accounts.

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