Information About Incident 65224-132092-334808 in Ziarat Pakistan

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Army on September 4 cleared Tirah Valley in Khyber Agency of Federally Administrative Tribal Areas (FATA) of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants and restored the Government's writ after a successful operation that killed 104 militants and injured 64 others, reports Daily Times.

From this sentence, the following information was extracted.

• Meta Location: Tirah Valley, Tirah Valley
• Matched District: Ziarat
• Actgroup: kill, injure
• Actor: a successful operation that, a successful operation that
• Subject: 104 militants, 64 others

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Army on September 4 cleared Tirah Valley in Khyber Agency of Federally Administrative Tribal Areas (FATA) of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants and restored the Government s writ after a successful operation that killed 104 militants and injured 64 others, reports Daily Times. At least eight soldiers, including an officer, were lost during the operation. Operational Commander Major General Humayun Aziz said the militants have fled to Afghanistan to avoid arrest or being killed by the forces. Foreign militants of Uzbek origin have also been killed in the operation that continued for 22 days, starting on May 28 and culminating on June 20, he added. The operation was conducted in 99 villages of Maidan and Bagh. The militants have burnt 90 percent of houses in both the areas, he said, adding that initially Army had reports of the presence of 1,000 to 1,500 militants in these areas but during the course of fighting they were found to be no more than 500.

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