US Drone Strike Kills Six In North Waziristan

Wednesday, February 15, 2012 at 11:39 pm

A US drone strike targeting a militant compound killed six persons in the northwest tribal region of Pakistan near the Afghan border on Thursday. At least seven people were killed while seven others were injured in missile strike at a remote area of North Waziristan Agency.

According to sources, two missiles were fired by a US drone on a compound used by militants in Spalga town near Miranshah and six suspected militants were killed. “Two missiles were fired by a US drone on a compound used by militants in Spalga town near Miranshah and five militants have been killed,” a security official said.

The attack was confirmed by two other security officials in Miranshah, the main town in North Waziristan region, known as stronghold of Taliban and al Qaeda linked of militants. Security officials said several other militants were wounded but the exact number was not immediately known.

The drone fired two missiles on house in Tehsil Sapalga of the North Waziristan trial belt, bordering Afghanistan. Pakistani officials and a member of his group told AFP that Mansoor who reputedly sent fighters to Afghanistan and ran a training camp in North Waziristan, was killed in a drone strike near the Afghan border.

The latest attack came a week after US missiles killed Badar Mansoor, the most senior Pakistani in Al-Qaeda, one of America’s main targets in the country and wanted for attacks that killed scores of people. US Drone Strike Kills Six In North Waziristan

US Drone Strike Kills Six In North Waziristan

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