Zarb-i-Azb: North Waziristan jet strikes kill 13 militants

Jet fighters carried out airstrikes on suspected militant hideouts destroying seven of them while 13 militants were also killed on Tuesday during the Zarb-i-Azb operation in the North Waziristan tribal region. The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) confirmed that the airstrikes were carried out early morning in the Degan area of North Waziristan. Army sources further claimed that seven militant hideouts were destroyed and 13 militants, including foreigners, were killed in airstrikes in Degan. The death toll, however, could not be independently verified. The strikes came a day after Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif visited the troops in North Waziristan.