At least forty terrorists were killed in Pakistan Army’s airstrikes in ongoing Zarb-e-Azb operation against terrorists in North Waziristan on Wednesday

Operation Zarb-e-Azb is progressing day by day successfully.

According to the ISPR, five hideouts of the terrorists were also destroyed. The army conducted air strikes in Nawa Kali, Zaram Asar villages of Datta Khel. Pakistan began Zarb-e-Azb operation to clear the bases of militants from North Waziristan district, on the Afghan border, in June after a bloody attack on Karachi airport. According to a military statement "in precise aerial strikes" five hideouts and ammunition dumps were destroyed and forty insurgents including foreigners were killed in the villages of Nawa Kali and Zaram Asar, north of Datta khel in North Waziristan. The conflicted area is prohibited to journalists, so there is no way to independently verify the number and identity of those killed people. Air strikes, artillery, mortars and ground troops have all been used to retake territory in North Waziristan, which had become a haven for fighters with the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and other militant outfits.. Washington pressed Islamabad for years to take action to wipe out terrorism in North Waziristan, which militants have used to launch attacks on NATO forces in Afghanistan. Pakistan's army says it has killed more than a thousand militants and lost 86 soldiers since the start of the operation.