Swat, Aug 31 - The security forces have recovered 29 bodies of militants from the Panjoot area in northwest Pakistan, the Online news agency reported Monday.

The bodies were found during search operations in the area.

Two of the bodies could not be identified, the report said, citing officials.

The security forces have declared the Haji Baba and Mingora areas free of militants.

The authorities had clamped a curfew in Mingora Sunday after at least 17 police recruits were killed in a suicide bomb attack at a police training centre there.