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| Pakistan's military have launched air strikes against suspected militant hideouts in the north-west, killing at least 27 people, officials say. | |
| Fighter jets bombed targets in the North Waziristan tribal area on Tuesday, officials said. | Fighter jets bombed targets in the North Waziristan tribal area on Tuesday, officials said. |
| Fighting was also reported in South Waziristan. | Fighting was also reported in South Waziristan. |
| Talks between Pakistani government and Taliban militant negotiators broke down last week, after a Taliban-linked group said they killed 23 soldiers. | Talks between Pakistani government and Taliban militant negotiators broke down last week, after a Taliban-linked group said they killed 23 soldiers. |
| "The militants had captured a stretch between South Waziristan and North Waziristan and had established training centres where they were also preparing suicide bombers," a military official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, was quoted by Reuters as saying. | "The militants had captured a stretch between South Waziristan and North Waziristan and had established training centres where they were also preparing suicide bombers," a military official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, was quoted by Reuters as saying. |
| The latest attacks primarily took place in the Shawal valley and Dattakhel areas of North Waziristan, Reuters news agency added. | The latest attacks primarily took place in the Shawal valley and Dattakhel areas of North Waziristan, Reuters news agency added. |
| There has been no independent confirmation of the number of casualties. | |
| The air strikes came a day after senior Pakistani Taliban commander Asmatullah Shaheen was reportedly shot dead in North Waziristan. | |
| Shaheen was briefly the TTP (Pakistani Taliban) interim leader after its chief Hakimullah Mehsud was killed last year during a US drone strike. | |
| It was not immediately clear who was responsible for Shaheen's death. | |
| Last week, government negotiators suspended a planned meeting with Taliban negotiators after militants based in the Mohmand tribal area said they had killed 23 soldiers who had been abducted and held since 2010. | Last week, government negotiators suspended a planned meeting with Taliban negotiators after militants based in the Mohmand tribal area said they had killed 23 soldiers who had been abducted and held since 2010. |
| Those killings, and other violence in the past weeks, also triggered air strikes on suspected militant hideouts last Thursday. | Those killings, and other violence in the past weeks, also triggered air strikes on suspected militant hideouts last Thursday. |
| Pakistani jets also carried out strikes on suspected militant hideouts in North Waziristan last month, following a wave of attacks against security forces. | Pakistani jets also carried out strikes on suspected militant hideouts in North Waziristan last month, following a wave of attacks against security forces. |