Pakistan’s military said it killed 34 militants Wednesday in air strikes on a tribal region near the Afghan border as part of a major offensive against insurgents that began last year

Pakistan's military said it killed 34 militants Wednesday in air strikes on a tribal region near the Afghan border as part of a major offensive against insurgents that began last year.
  
The Taliban and Lashkar-e-Islam militant groups are based in Khyber, one of seven autonomous tribal districts along Pakistan's western border, which became a hideout for Islamist militants following the US-led invasion of neighboring Afghanistan in 2001.
  
"In precise aerial strikes in Tirah, Khyber region, 34 terrorists were killed today," the military said in a statement.
  
The strikes coincided with the appointment of the country's new air chief Sohail Aman, who will on Thursday take over from his predecessor Tahir Rafiq Butt upon completion of his three-year tenure.