'Eight Killed' In US Missile Strikes In Pakistan


From Yahoo News/AFP:

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AFP) — At least eight people were killed Sunday in two suspected US missile strikes in northwest Pakistan near to the border with Afghanistan, security officials said.

"Two missiles fired by a suspected US drone hit a compound in Sararogha, in tribal South Waziristan region, killing at least eight suspected militants," a security official told AFP.

The region is a known haven for Taliban and Al-Qaeda extremists.

"It was a Taliban sanctuary, which was destroyed in the attack," another security official said.

"Some foreigners were possibly among those killed in the attack," he said.

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