Coalition missile strike in Wana kills eight

PESHAWAR - At least 18 militants were killed and several others were injured on Wednesday when security forces successfully repulsed militants’ attack on their checkpost at Mamoond, Bajaur Agency, the authorities have claimed.

Meanwhile, missiles fired from Afghanistan hit a militant hideout in the tribal belt Wednesday, killing at least eight people, including some foreign extremists.

Meanwhile, officials at Khar Headquarters of Khyber Agency also informed that houses of several militants, including that of Taliban leader Maulvi Faqir Mohammad and spokesman Maulvi Omar, were demolished when gunship helicopters targeted them.