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, the main town of North Waziristan on Sunday while artillery shelled holy warrior hideouts in Kharkamar area, 30 kilometres west of Miranshah on Saturday night.
"Six terrorist hideouts and a huge ammunition cache were destroyed and at least 13 holy warriors, most of them Uzbeks, were killed in the Saturday morning strikes," a security official told AFP.
A local intelligence official confirmed the raids and holy warrior casualties.
More than 400 turbans and 20 soldiers have been killed in the offensive so far, according to the military. The area is largely off-limits to journalists and the number and identity of the dead is impossible to verify.
Jets pound holy warrior sanctuaries in Mir Ali
Pak fighter jets struck holy warrior hideouts around the Mir Ali Tehsil of North Waziristan Agency earlier today, officials said. This information, however, could not be independently verified as journalists do not have access to most of the agency.
Official sources said that a number of terrorist sanctuaries were destroyed in the raids and also stated that a huge quantity of arms and ammunition has been destroyed in the strikes. They added that at least five bases have been destroyed.
The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said that a large number of turbans have also been killed, but there was no specific number.
Sources told Dawn that soldiers will move into Mir Ali only after all hideouts are destroyed and hard boyz are killed. It is believed that fleeing hard boyz are planting IEDs in various parts of the agency.
Forces posted on security posts along the Pak-Afghan border have also been heavily equipped and have been ordered to give a fitting response in case of a cross border attack by Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistain (TTP) holy warriors.
On Saturday, the ISPR said security forces continued consolidation of Miranshah and Miranshah-Dattakhel road.
It said that six prepared cycle of violence-borne IEDs, two vehicle-borne IEDs, two 12.7mm and one 14.5mm guns, three vehicles, 11 suicide jackets and a large number of arms and ammunition were seized over the past 24 hours in Khar Warsak, near Degan.
The ISPR said turbans had fired rockets on a security checkpost in Mirali from inside Mirali town. Thirteen turbans were killed and seven hideouts destroyed in pre-dawn air strikes.
Most of the hard boyz killed were foreigners, it said.