<p>Stepping up the campaign against terrorists, Pakistani security forces killed at least 67 militants in a countrywide swoop today, taking the number of insurgents killed to 124 after the brutal Peshawar school massacre that left 148 people dead.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The forces have intensified the operation after Tuesday's attack on an army school in Peshawar which killed 132 schoolchildren.<br /><br />The forces targeted the rebels in Khyber valley when they were moving towards the Afghan border.<br /><br />"Security forces ambushed the moving group at Wurmagai and Spurkot, killing 32 terrorists in exchange of fire," army said in a statement. Three security personnel were injured.<br /><br />Separately, security forces killed another 18 militants in Khyber during a cordon and search operation.<br /><br />Another 10 militants were killed last night in the same tribal district.<br />The death toll could not be verified through independent sources as the area is out of bounds for journalists.<br /><br />Elsewhere, paramilitary rangers killed four Taliban militants including their commander Abid Machar in an operation in Musharraf colony in Karachi.<br /><br />A Rangers spokesman said that militants fired at the rangers and threw hand grenades which injured one solider.<br /><br />Another two militants were killed by police in Lala Musa area of Gujrat district in Punjab, police said.<br /><br />Also, one militant was killed in Tawai area of Ziarat district in south-western province of Balochistan by Frontier Corps (FC) soldiers, said an FC spokesman.<br /><br />The security forces have launched hunt for rebels after the Peshawar attack.<br /><br />Yesterday, the army said it killed 57 militants in airstrikes in the Khyber tribal region.<br />The security forces have killed hundreds of militants in the region but they are still far from defeated.<br /><br />The militants hide in the porous and mountainous border areas and frequently cross over to Afghanistan to escape the army's Operation Zarb-e-Azb</p>
<p>Stepping up the campaign against terrorists, Pakistani security forces killed at least 67 militants in a countrywide swoop today, taking the number of insurgents killed to 124 after the brutal Peshawar school massacre that left 148 people dead.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The forces have intensified the operation after Tuesday's attack on an army school in Peshawar which killed 132 schoolchildren.<br /><br />The forces targeted the rebels in Khyber valley when they were moving towards the Afghan border.<br /><br />"Security forces ambushed the moving group at Wurmagai and Spurkot, killing 32 terrorists in exchange of fire," army said in a statement. Three security personnel were injured.<br /><br />Separately, security forces killed another 18 militants in Khyber during a cordon and search operation.<br /><br />Another 10 militants were killed last night in the same tribal district.<br />The death toll could not be verified through independent sources as the area is out of bounds for journalists.<br /><br />Elsewhere, paramilitary rangers killed four Taliban militants including their commander Abid Machar in an operation in Musharraf colony in Karachi.<br /><br />A Rangers spokesman said that militants fired at the rangers and threw hand grenades which injured one solider.<br /><br />Another two militants were killed by police in Lala Musa area of Gujrat district in Punjab, police said.<br /><br />Also, one militant was killed in Tawai area of Ziarat district in south-western province of Balochistan by Frontier Corps (FC) soldiers, said an FC spokesman.<br /><br />The security forces have launched hunt for rebels after the Peshawar attack.<br /><br />Yesterday, the army said it killed 57 militants in airstrikes in the Khyber tribal region.<br />The security forces have killed hundreds of militants in the region but they are still far from defeated.<br /><br />The militants hide in the porous and mountainous border areas and frequently cross over to Afghanistan to escape the army's Operation Zarb-e-Azb</p>