Deaths In US Drone Attack In Pakistan -- Al Jazeera
Strike on a compound has killed at least ten people in northwest tribal region near the Afghan border, officials said.
A US drone strike on a compound has killed at least ten people in northwest Pakistan's tribal region near the Afghan border, officials said.
"The drone fired two missiles on a house in Hassokhel town," 25km east of Miranshah, the main town in North Waziristan, a security official said on Thursday, a day after a similar attack killed four people in the same region.
North Waziristan is a stronghold of the Haqqani network - Afghan fighters blamed for a series of spectacular attacks on Western targets in Kabul - and Pakistani Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud.
"The drone fired two missiles on a house in Hassokhel town," 25km east of Miranshah, the main town in North Waziristan, a security official said on Thursday, a day after a similar attack killed four people in the same region.
North Waziristan is a stronghold of the Haqqani network - Afghan fighters blamed for a series of spectacular attacks on Western targets in Kabul - and Pakistani Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud.
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Update: U.S. drone strike kills 10 in northwest Pakistan: officials -- Reuters
My Comment: This will only further sour U.S. - Pakistan relations.
North Waziristan is a stronghold of the Haqqani network - Afghan fighters blamed for a series of spectacular attacks on Western targets in Kabul - and Pakistani Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud.
Read more ....
Update: U.S. drone strike kills 10 in northwest Pakistan: officials -- Reuters
My Comment: This will only further sour U.S. - Pakistan relations.