Karachi: As many as 100 militants were killed in airstrikes by Pakistan Army in North West tribal region bordering Afghanistan on early Sunday morning, said reports. This is the second strike in a week since the deadly attack on Karachi airport.
According to some reports, Pakistan government forces said Uzbek militants were among those killed, but local Taliban sources denied that. The airstrikes took place in a remote tribal region in North West Pakistan and a bastion of the Haqqani network – part of Afghanistan’s Taliban.
A report in NBC News said: After the Karachi attack, the Pakistan government told Taliban militants to expel the foreigners or face action.
Uzbekistan doesn’t share a border with Pakistan, but Uzbek militants have bases around the lawless areas straddling Pakistan's border with Afghanistan.
Uzbek militants also helped the Pakistani Taliban during its attack on Peshawar's airport last year.
The mastermind behind last week’s Karachi airport attack, Abu Abdul Rehman al Maani was killed during the overnight air strikes carried out by Pakistan Air Force (PAF) fighter jets and the Pakistan Army jointly in North Waziristan early morning Sunday, military sources were quoted by Dawn.com.
The Pakistani Taliban had claimed responsibility of the fatal attack on Pakistan’s busiest airport in Karachi last Sunday, which killed 28 people.
At least 10 gunmen disguised as security personnel opened fire with machine guns and a rocket launcher and barged into one of the airport’s terminals. After five hours of fighting, people were evacuated from the premises and police regained control over the situation.
Heavy firing and multiple explosions could be heard coming from the airport’s oldest terminal – used for charter and VIP flights.
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