Peshawar , Pakistan ( CNN ) -- At least 21 militants were killed in Pakistani airstrikes Sunday in a volatile area close to the Afghan border , officials said . Ten militants died as jets targeted their hideouts in the Khyber tribal district , Pakistan 's Inter Services Public Relations reported . The strikes demolished four hideouts , officials said . Separate strikes killed 11 militants and destroyed two terrorist hideouts in another remote village in North Waziristan , sources said . Drone strikes kill 8 in Afghanistan , Pakistan . North Waziristan is a Pakistan Taliban stronghold in the country 's loosely governed tribal areas bordering Afghanistan . The area is dangerous and hard for journalists to reach , making it difficult to independently verify the military account . Military and local sources on the ground said the militants were affiliated with the Pakistan Taliban . Militants from Tehreek-e-Taliban , or TTP , have long conducted an insurgency against the Pakistani government and have claimed a number of violent attacks . Early this year , the government suspended peace talks with the group . Pakistan 's northwestern region is home to loosely governed tribal areas . It 's also a base for foreign fighters and a refuge for members of the militant Haqqani network , an insurgent force affiliated with the Taliban and al Qaeda . Zahir Shah Sherazi reported from Peshawar , Pakistan , and Chandrika Narayan wrote in Atlanta .
10 strike kills 11 and another kills One in remote villages in Peshawar . Strikes target militant hideouts in volatile tribal area . Militants targeted were members of Pakistan Taliban , sources say .