Jet fighters kill 6 militants, destroyed 2 hide-outs in S Waziristan

Pak fighter jets destroyed two suspected militant hide-outs near the Afghan border, killing six militants believed to be associates of Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud, citing intelligence officials a foreign news agency reported on Wednesday. The strikes in South Waziristan flattened the hide-outs of Mehsud's associates in two villages intelligence officials said. Mehsud is accused of killing Pakistan's former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and launching dozens of bomb and suicide attacks against security forces and civilians in the country. The air force and military have carried out several similar strikes against Mehsud and his men in the past two months.

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