At least 30 people, many of them civilians, were killed on Monday after Pakistan’s military launched airstrikes on suspected Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) hideouts in the Tirah Valley of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, according to media reports. Authorities said the strikes targeted a compound where local Taliban commanders Aman Gul and Masood Khan had been manufacturing roadside bombs. Police confirmed that 14 militants were among the dead, but added that the blasts also claimed civilian lives, including women and children. Earlier this month, at least 31 TTP fighters were eliminated in separate clashes. Pakistan has witnessed a sharp rise in militant violence, mostly carried out by TTP, a group allied with the Afghan Taliban.