MIRANSHAH, Pakistan: Pakistani fighter jets launched air strikes early on Sunday against militant hideouts in the country’s troubled northwest, killing more than 50 insurgents, the Pakistan military said.

However local security officials put the death toll far higher, saying that about 150 militants died in the air strikes, which primarily targeted Uzbek fighters in a remote area of tribal North Waziristan.

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