By IRNA,
Islamabad : Pakistan army said Wednesday that the security forces killed upto 25 militants in the troubled Swat valley in northwest.
The army launched a major operation in the valley after Taliban kidnapped 25 police and paramilitary soldiers from a police station on Tuesday.
The army information officer in the area said that curfew was imposed in the whole Swat valley before launching operation early Wednesday.
He said that around 25 armed militants were killed in Srabandey area of Swat.
A Taliban spokesman Muslim Khan on his part said that the militants destroyed an armored vehicle of the security forces, causing casualties.
The army did not confirm the claim.
The government and Taliban in Swat had stopped attacks after they signed a peace deal in May.
But Taliban said the government has not honored promises to release Taliban prisoners and to withdraw troops from Swat.
There had been calm in Swat after the peace deal was signed but tension grew as Taliban kept on demanding implementation of the agreement.
The situation turned ugly when Taliban killed three members of the intelligence agency in Swat on Monday and kidnapped 25 policemen on Tuesday.