At least 14 militants and four security officials were killed during a clash in the Tirah Valley of Khyber tribal agency on Friday. Around 40,000 residents of Tirah Valley have fled their homes after fighting in the last few weeks. In June last year, the TTP took over the majority area held by the Kukikhel tribe, while reports of the presence of the Taliban from as far as the Mohmand Agency also surfaced.
Hundreds of people were reportedly killed; however, because of the area being isolated, little information made it to the mainstream media, till almost 90 percent of the valley went into the TTP's hands.