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12 bombers among 27 slain in Orakzai

* 13 Taliban dead in Bajaur airstrikes
* Kanjoo elders convene jirga after meeting Taliban

Staff Report

PESHAWAR: Security forces said they have killed 27 Taliban in an airstrike in Orakzai Agency on Sunday.

“In a highly successful action in Orakzai Agency, a combat aviation strike killed 27 Taliban,” said a statement from the Frontier Corps (FC) headquarters. The statement said those killed included two important Taliban commanders.

Credible sources confirmed that 12 persons among those killed were would-be suicide bombers, said the statement.

Meanwhile, relations between the Ali Khel and Mamuzai tribes have worsened following a suicide attack targeting an anti-Taliban jirga of the Ali Khel tribe on Friday.

The Ali Khel tribe is against the Taliban, while the Mamuzai tribe does not openly oppose the Taliban in the area, local sources said.

Bajaur: Thirteen Taliban and three members of a tribal lashkar were killed in fighting and bombing by aircraft in the restive Bajaur Agency on Sunday. Helicopter gunship and jet fighters targeted Taliban positions in Kotki, Charmang and Chinar areas of Nawagai tehsil, killing 13 Taliban and injuring several other, officials said.

Three members of the lashkar were killed in clashes between the Taliban and volunteers of the Charmang tribes, locals said.

Kanjoo: A peace jirga in Kanjoo area of Swat called for a grand jirga of elders and residents of the area, following negotiations with Taliban leader Mullah Fazlullah on Sunday, locals said. The talks between representatives of the Kanjoo Peace Jirga and Fazlullah were held in Ghat Piochar area of Matta tehsil.

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