14 June 2014
Last updated at 20:25 ET
Thousands of people have fled the region amid fears of a widescale military offensive against the militants
The strikes were in the mountainous Dehgan area in the North
Waziristan tribal district, a stronghold for Taliban and al-Qaeda-linked
militants.
Uzbek militants were targeted, amid reports that fighters from Uzbekistan took part in an attack on Karachi airport which began last Sunday.
No exact casualty figures were given.
"The strikes were carried out based on confirmed reports about the presence of Uzbek and other militants in the area," an official said.
It is the second set of strikes in the region this week, days after the airport attack claimed by the Pakistani Taliban, which killed at least 30 people.
The group said the assault was in revenge for the killing of their leader last year.
Correspondents say the recent hostilities have all but destroyed a tentative peace process between the Pakistani Taliban and the government.
Pakistan has been fighting an Islamist insurgency for more than a decade, with the Pakistani Taliban the main militant grouping.
The Pakistan government began peace talks with the Pakistani Taliban in March, but there was little progress and the violence has continued.
Pakistan air raids in North Waziristan 'kill militants'
Thousands of people have fled the region amid fears of a widescale military offensive against the militants
Pakistani
fighter jets have carried out air strikes against militant hideouts,
killing dozens of fighters, officials in the north-west of the country
say.
Uzbek militants were targeted, amid reports that fighters from Uzbekistan took part in an attack on Karachi airport which began last Sunday.
No exact casualty figures were given.
"The strikes were carried out based on confirmed reports about the presence of Uzbek and other militants in the area," an official said.
It is the second set of strikes in the region this week, days after the airport attack claimed by the Pakistani Taliban, which killed at least 30 people.
The group said the assault was in revenge for the killing of their leader last year.
Correspondents say the recent hostilities have all but destroyed a tentative peace process between the Pakistani Taliban and the government.
Pakistan has been fighting an Islamist insurgency for more than a decade, with the Pakistani Taliban the main militant grouping.
The Pakistan government began peace talks with the Pakistani Taliban in March, but there was little progress and the violence has continued.
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