Friday, June 27, 2014
MIRANSHAH: A key terrorist and mastermind of Karachi airport attack, Abu Abdul Rehman Almani, is reportedly killed in air strikes of security forces launched in North Waziristan areas in early morning today.
Pakistan Air Force (PAF) fighter jets had bombed hideouts of terrorists in North Waziristan Agency (NWA) today. Nearly 80 militants, mainly ethnic Uzbek fighters, were killed in the latest air assault in the region bordering Afghanistan where some of militants and al Qaeda commanders are based, sources said.
“Fighter jets targeted militant hideouts in
the village of Dagan near the Pakistani-Afghan border,” said one source
in the regional capital of Miranshah.
Military sources have said that Almani, an alleged mastermind of Karachi airport attack, had been killed in the air offensive of security forces earlier in the day.
Those killed in the air strikes mostly belonged to Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan. Militants of East Turkmenistan Islamic Movement were also among the dead.
Regarding the early morning air strikes, the spokesperson of Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), military’s public affairs wings, said the bombings were targeted at terrorists who were involved in planning of Jinnah International Airport Karachi attack.
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