FACTBOX-Security developments in Pakistan, Feb 23
Thu, 23 Feb 2012 06:38 GMT
Feb 23 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Pakistan at 0630 GMT on Thursday.
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* PESHAWAR - A bomb exploded near a bus station in the northwestern city of Peshawar, killing at least six people and wounding another 22, emergency officials said.
MELA - Pakistani jets bombed four militant hideouts in the Mela area of the northwestern Orakzai tribal region, near the Afghanistan border, killing at least 15 militants, security officials said.
Pakistan's military has been conducting operations against militants in Orakzai and the neighbouring Kurram tribal region since the start of the year.
The death toll could not be independently verified and militants often dispute official accounts.
(Reporting by Jibran Ahmad in PESHAWAR and Ali Afzaal in PARACHINAR)
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