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Pakistani Officials: Air Strikes Kill at Least 19 Militants

   VOA News 02 May 2010
   Relatives  and  friends  carry  the  coffin bearing a former Pakistani
   intelligence  officer  Khalid  Khawaja,  who  was  killed  by  unknown
   militants, during his funeral in Islamabad, Pakistan, 02 May 2010

Photo: AP

   Relatives  and  friends  carry  the  coffin bearing a former Pakistani
   intelligence  officer  Khalid  Khawaja,  who  was  killed  by  unknown
   militants, during his funeral in Islamabad, Pakistan, 02 May 2010

   Pakistani  warplanes  have  bombed  suspected Taliban positions in the
   country's  northwest.  Government  officials say at least 19 militants
   were killed.

   The  officials  say the air strikes Sunday targeted insurgent hideouts
   in the Orakzai tribal region near the Afghan border.

   Independent confirmation of the casualties is impossible because media
   access to the region is restricted.

   Since  March,  Pakistani forces have been carrying out an anti-Taliban
   offensive  in  Orakzai  to  target  militants believed to have fled an
   earlier offensive in South Waziristan.

   Some information for this report was provided by AP, AFP and Reuters.

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