Islamabad, Oct 25 (IANS) Fifteen more militants were killed in fighting with the security forces in Pakistan’s South Waziristan region as the battle rages on in the Taliban heartland, officials said Sunday.
In the past 24 hours till Sunday evening, 15 insurgents were killed in the area, raising the number of militants killed to 178 since the security forces launched operation Rah-e-Nijat, or Path of Salvation, on Oct 17, the army said in a statement.

It said one soldier was killed and three others were injured in the latest fighting that started Saturday morning in South Waziristan, where some 10,000 Taliban militants are holed up, Xinhua reported.

Security forces have also secured a strategic mountain called Tarkona Narai after 16 hours of intense fighting with the militants, it said.

Guns, rockets, mortar bombs and ammunitions belonging to the militants were recovered from the area bordering Afghanistan.

The army said 30,000 soldiers are taking part in the operation.

–Indo-Asian news Service

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