A map locating where a suicide attacker targeted tribal elders near the Afghan border. A suicide bomber blew himself up at a meeting of anti-Taliban tribal leaders in a Pakistani region near the Afghan border Friday, killing at least 32 people and wounding dozens, officials said. (AFP/Graphic)Pakistan Kills 40 Taliban Militants -- Breitbart/AFP
Troops and helicopter gunships killed about 40 Taliban militants while four people, including a politician, were injured in a roadside bomb in northwest Pakistan, officials said Monday.
More than 24 extremists with links to Al-Qaeda were killed on Sunday near the Afghan border in the Bajaur tribal region, where Pakistani security forces launched a major offensive against Islamic militants in August.
"Helicopter gunships and artillery pounded hideouts of militants, killing at least 24 rebels and wounding 10 others," a security official told AFP.
Shelling began in the afternoon and continued into the early hours of Monday, he said, adding four militants and two locals were also killed in an exchange of fire between a tribal lashkar (force) and rebels in Bajaur.
The tribal force was formed last week to act against militants hiding in the area, who local tribesmen say are undermining their power structure.
The Pakistani military says more than 1,000 rebel fighters have been killed since it launched its offensive in Bajaur, including Al-Qaeda's operational commander in the region, Egyptian Abu Saeed Al-Masri.
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