Parachinar, Pakistan, April 11, 2010, SPA -- Fighter jets pounded militant hideouts in northwestern Pakistan on Sunday, killing 10 suspected insurgents as part of a military operation that has eliminated more than 300 fighters in the last three weeks, said a local official. The strikes came as the Pakistani military carried out its largest military exercise in two decades in southeastern Pakistan. The month long operation, which started Saturday, will involve some 20,000 troops backed by tanks, artillery and air power, the army said in a statement quoted by the Associated Press. --SPA 11:26 LOCAL TIME 08:26 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/768258