Fighter Jets Step Up Pressure In Orakzai

Pakistani warplanes bombed militant positions in Orakzai tribal agency on Wednesday, reports the Dawn (Pakistan).

At least 20 militants were killed and 10 others were wounded in the airstrikes, said military officials.

Six militant hideouts were also destroyed in the action, officials said.

The military says it has secured most of lower and central Orakzai, but is still facing resistance in the upper portion of the region.