Pakistani military kills 29 Taliban near Afghan border

DHAKA: The Pakistani military said it killed 29 Taliban fighters on Wednesday in the final stage of an operation aimed at forcing hundreds of insurgents back across the border into Afghanistan.

Soldiers used artillery, helicopter gunships and fighter jets against the insurgents, accused of beheading 17 Pakistani soldiers in June.

The battle was the culmination of weeks of operations in the remote valleys of the Batwar area of Bajaur tribal agency near the border, reprots The Jerusalem Post.

BDST: 1854 HRS, SEP 19, 2012

Edited by Robab Rosan, Cultural Affairs Editor