| Security forces on Wednesday killed 24 militants, including a senior commander, in Mohmand Agency. According to official sources, security forces backed by helicopter gunships pounded the suspected militants' hideouts in Pandyali, Lakrao and Safi tehsils of Mohmand Agency, killing 24 more militants. In Safi tehsil, nine militants, including a senior commander Abdul Wali also known as Omar Khalid were killed and eight others arrested, while 15 more militants were killed in Pandyali tehsil. Meanwhile, security forces took full control of the Ghaz Abbas peak in Lakrao tehsil. |