KHYBER AGENCY - The security forces on Friday claimed to have killed 20 militants and injured more than a dozen in airstrikes, here in Dwatoai area of tehsil Jamrud, sub-division of Khyber agency.The spokesperson of forces said that the action was taken in the wee hours in Tirah valley and the forces jets pounded suspected hideouts of the militants. About 14 outlaws have been wounded in the strikes, sources said. Five hideouts of the militants were also demolished, forces claimed. However, due to remote area and lack of communication facilities the casualties could not be confirmed by the militant groups. Dwatoai area is situated at a distance of 65 kilometers to the West of Peshawar. It has border with Afghanistan and many defunct organisations have taken shelter there.AFP adds - A bomb planted at an electricity tower on Friday killed two passers-by in Peshawar, police said. The explosive attached with a time device exploded when the victims were close to the electricity tower in the Badh Bher area of Peshawar. “Two kilograms of explosives were used for the blast which killed two people,” Javed Khan, a local police official told AFP. The electricity tower was also damaged as a result of the blast.Peshawar is vulnerable to bomb blasts and Taliban attacks as it runs into the semi-autonomous tribal belt, considered a safe haven for Taliban, Al-Qaeda and other insurgents fighting both in Pakistan and across the border in Afghanistan.






