The US killed five "militants" in a drone strike today in an area
of Pakistan's Taliban-controlled tribal agency of South Waziristan. The
strike is the second reported by the US in Pakistan in the past four
days.
The CIA-operated, remotely piloted Predators or the more deadly Reapers fired a pair of missiles at what was described by AFP as "a base of the TTP," or the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan. Five "militants" were killed in the strike and two more were wounded, Pakistani intelligence officials said. The Taliban "base," which was located in the village of Sararogha, was leveled in the airstrike.
No senior al Qaeda or Taliban commanders or operatives are reported to have been killed in the attack.
The village of Sararogha has been a stronghold of the al Qaeda-linked Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan. In the past, Waliur Rehman, the head of the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan, is said to have directed operations from the village. Although the Pakistani military claimed it liberated Sararogha during an offensive that began in the fall of 2009, the fact that the US launched a drone strike in the village today indicates it is far from being under the control of the security forces.
The CIA-operated, remotely piloted Predators or the more deadly Reapers fired a pair of missiles at what was described by AFP as "a base of the TTP," or the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan. Five "militants" were killed in the strike and two more were wounded, Pakistani intelligence officials said. The Taliban "base," which was located in the village of Sararogha, was leveled in the airstrike.
No senior al Qaeda or Taliban commanders or operatives are reported to have been killed in the attack.
The village of Sararogha has been a stronghold of the al Qaeda-linked Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan. In the past, Waliur Rehman, the head of the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan, is said to have directed operations from the village. Although the Pakistani military claimed it liberated Sararogha during an offensive that began in the fall of 2009, the fact that the US launched a drone strike in the village today indicates it is far from being under the control of the security forces.
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from KHAAMA:
US airstrike destroy Taliban training camp in South Waziristan
By Mirwais Adeel - 17 Apr 2013, 3:44 pm
According to Pakistani government
officials, at least five people were killed after a US drone fired
two missiles into a Taliban training camp in Pakistan on Wednesday.
The attack was carried out in the Baber
Ghar area of the south Wazirsitan tribal district on the Afghan border, a
stronghold of Pakistani Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud where the
faction runs several camps.
The attack was also confirmed by another
official, who also spoke to AFP, saying the drone targeted a base of
Pakistan’s umbrella Taliban faction, Tehreek-e-Taliban.
In the meantime a statement issued by
the Foreign Office on Monday condemned the last attack and said such
unilateral strikes violated international law.
The statement added, “Such attacks also
set dangerous precedents in inter-state relations. The government of
Pakistan calls upon the US government to stop such attacks based on
mutual respect and established international norms.”
The covert strikes are publicly
criticized by the Pakistani government as a violation of sovereignty but
American officials believe they are a vital weapon in the war against
Islamist militants.
Washington Time
Kabul Time
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