The Pakistani military responded with a flurry of airstrikes on suspected insurgent hideouts in the northwestern tribal areas.
Pakistani warplanes struck five militant hideouts in a Taliban stronghold near the Afghan border on Wednesday, killing 65 insurgents, the military said.
Pakistani security officials claimed that multiple hideouts were struck and that 20 militants were killed.
Officials said the raids destroyed six insurgent hideouts and a bomb factory and killed 38 militants.
