PESHAWAR: At least 30 suspected militants were killed in air strikes in North Waziristan on Tuesday.

The Inter-Services Public Relations said in a statement that military planes bombed militants` hideouts in the Dattakhel area, adjacent to Afghan border, killing 30 Man killed in mortar attack on Bajaur village: Page 3 local and foreign milit ant s.

The claim could not be verified from independent sources. People have left their homes in Dattakhel and a majority of them have fled to Afghanistan after the Zarb-i-Azb Operation was launched in June.

More than half a million people have been displaced because of the operation and the military has claimed that over 1,200 militants have been killed so far.

The operation was launched after a bloody raid on Karachi airport ended peace talks between the government and militants.