Pakistan ? Pakistan’s army destroyed three suspected al-Qaida hideouts Tuesday in an airstrike near the Afghan border, killing several members of the terror group, an army spokesman said.

The military carried out the operation in South Waziristan tribal region after receiving information that 25 to 30 al-Qaida members were hiding there, said army spokesman Maj. Gen. Shaukat Sultan.

“We believe most of them were killed, but we don’t have a body count,” he said.

Sultan said the destroyed al-Qaida hideouts were in an isolated area near the village of Zaoola, which is close to North Waziristan where the government in September signed a controversial peace deal with tribal elders to halt military operations against militants.