Four killed in North Waziristan drone attack

PESHAWAR: At least three people were killed in a drone attack in the Mir Ali area of North Waziristan Agency (SWA).

Several people were also injured as the drone fired two missiles at a house located in the area.

Earlier on Friday, a US drone crashed in an uninhabited area in Wana, South Waziristan.

In a separate incident Local Taliban Commander Abbas Wazir along with two accomplices died in a suicide blast in Wana’s Rustam Bazar Vegetable Market. The blast took place inside Wazir’s office, causing damage to surrounding shops.

from GEO.TV
December 21, 2012 - Updated 165 PKT

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UPDATE from DAWN:

PESHAWAR: Four suspected militants were killed in a US drone strike Friday afternoon in North Waziristan regions, one of Pakistan’s restive northwestern tribal agencies near the Afghan border, intelligence and government sources said.

Although military and political administration officials refuse to comment on such strikes in the tribal areas, intelligence sources said the drone targeted a suspected militant facility located in the Hisukhel area of Mir Ali, about 25 kilometres east of Miramshah, the main town in North Waziristan agency.

The drones fired two missiles, destroying the house and killing four militants inside, said the sources on condition of anonymity. The identities of the dead and their affiliation to a militant group were unclear, they added.
Some sources said some foreigners were also among the dead but their nationalities could not be ascertained.


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Four killed in Wana bomb attack

A remotely detonated bomb exploded near a vegetable market in South Waziristan tribal region’s Wana area on Friday killing former Taliban commander Maulvi Abbas and three others.

A nine-year-old child was also injured in the blast, whereas nearby buildings were partially damaged. According to sources, Abbas appeared to be the target of the attack.

Emergency and security personnel reached the site of attack. Security forces cordoned off the area as investigations into the incident went underway.

Abbas was previously ousted from Wana along with Uzbek and pro-Uzbek militants in 2007 after developing differences with Mullah Nazir.

Upon his ouster, Abbas had affiliated himself with the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), only to return to Wana after reconciling with Nazir. Abbas was operating independently after returning to Wana.

South Waziristan is among Pakistan’s seven tribal districts near the Afghan border which are rife with homegrown insurgents and are alleged to be strongholds of Taliban and Al Qaeda operatives.

from ARY NEWS
Updated :   Friday  December  21 , 2012  2:22:12 PM 

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Pakistan military: 2 killed in army base suicide bomb attack

Islamabad (CNN) -- Two soldiers were killed early Wednesday by a pair of suicide bombers who detonated their car when they were stopped from entering an army base, Pakistan's military said.

The car exploded outside the Zarai Noor Camp, in Wana, South Waziristan, after it was signaled to a halt by soldiers, a military statement said.

"The sentries on duty spotted the suicide bomber at least 100 meters from the camp. Both suicide bombers were blown up in the explosive-laden car," it said.

Two security forces personnel were killed and four more injured by the blast.

The attack took place in Pakistan's ungoverned tribal region along the Afghanistan border, a stronghold of the Pakistan Taliban.

from CNN
By Shaan Khan, CNN
December 5, 2012 -- Updated 1237 GMT (2037 HKT)

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4 killed, 3 injured in U.S. drone strike in Wana, Pakistan

Map showing location of North and South Waziristan in northern Pakistan and bordering on Afghanistan (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

US drone missiles hit house; kill 4 in Wana
WANA: A US drone missiles struck at a house located in Wana area of South Waziristan, killing four people and injuring three others, sources said.

According to the sources, four people were killed while three others sustained injuries when the US drone fired missiles targeting a house in Wana.

from Geo.TV
December 01, 2012 - Updated 1755 PKT

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from XINHUA
2012-12-01 20:54:51

ISLAMABAD, Dec. 1 (Xinhua) -- At least four people were killed and three others injured as U.S. drones fired two missiles at a house suspected of being a militant hideout in Pakistan's northwest tribal area of South Waziristan on Saturday, reported local media Geo.

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US drone attack kills two suspected militants in South Waziristan

PESHAWAR: Two suspected militants were killed in a US drone attack inside Pakistan’s South Waziristan tribal region, DawnNews reported on Thursday.

Three missiles were fired in the Sheen Warsak area of Wana, which is the main town of the South Waziristan Agency.

According to local sources, the attack came late afternoon and was targeted at a house, resulting in the death of two suspected militants.

from DAWN

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from RADIO PAKISTAN:
Posted Date: 29th November, 2012 Last updated at 17:35 PST

South Waziristan: 4 killed and 4 injured in US drone attack

South Waziristan: 4 people were killed and 4 others injured in a US drone attack on Thursday.

According to reports‚ a drone fired two missiles on a vehicle in Shane Warsak area near Wana.

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from GEO.TV:

BARMAL: At least three people were killed and four others injured in a drone strike in South Waziristan Agency.

According to sources, the drone fired two missiles which targeted a vehicle in the Barmal area of the agency.

Earlier on Thursday, Taliban Commander Mullah Nazir was injured in a suicide attack in the Wana area of the agency. Four of Nazir’s aides were killed in the attack.

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Taliban commander Mullah Nazir injured in suicide blast

Taliban commander Mullah Nazir was wounded Thursday in a suicide attack that killed two other people, security officials said.

Nazir is the main warlord affiliated to the Pakistani Taliban in South Waziristan, one of seven districts that make up the semi-autonomous tribal belt considered a base for Al-Qaeda and other militants.

The bomber blew himself up near Nazir's vehicle as it passed through the market in Wana, the main town of the district, the officials said.

Two people were killed and at least five others were wounded, including Nazir, the officials told AFP on condition of anonymity, though accounts differed over the gravity of the warlord's injuries.

"The bomber was a boy aged 13 or 14. Five to seven people were wounded, including Mullah Nazir. His condition is said to be not serious," one of the officials said.

But another official in Wana said Nazir was "seriously wounded" in the attack.

An intelligence official based in the neighbouring district of Tank said there had been a suicide attack and that firing subsequently broke out in the main market of Wana.

"The bazaar is closed now. We're trying to get more information," he said.

Sources in Wana said Nazir, who has survived murder attempts in the past, had fallen out with Uzbek fighters he had expelled from South Waziristan several years ago.

from nation.com.pk
November 29, 2012, 3:31 pm
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from XINHUA
2012-11-29 18:12:20


ISLAMABAD, Nov. 29 (Xinhua) -- At least four people were killed and 9 others injured in a suicide blast in Pakistan's northwest tribal area of South Waziristan on Thursday, reported local media Geo.

According to the report, the blast took place at about 1:30 p.m. local time when a suicide bomber hit a vehicle carrying a Pakistan Taliban leader at a market area in Wana, capital town of South Waziristan which borders Afghanistan.

The vehicle carrying Mullah Nazir, a Pakistan Taliban commander in Wana area, was completely destroyed in the blast and Mullah was said to be seriously wounded in the leg in the attack.

Firing was heard following the blast, said local media, adding that several shops and vehicles were also destroyed in the blast.

The suicide bomber coming in on a motorbike hit Mullah's vehicle at the Wana main market, local media quoted eyewitnesses as saying.

The identities of the killed are not known at this point.

No group has claimed the responsibility for the attack yet.

Local media said that the attack could be an outcome of the growing confrontation between Mullah Nazir group and other groups of Pakistan Taliban. Mullah Nair is also said to be at odds with Uzbek militants.

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South Waziristan: Five militants killed, six injured

DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Security forces launched a search operation against the Mufti Mir Wali Khan group of the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan.

The operation was launched in the Sanzala, Ziaratzai and Tiarza tehsil of Sarwakai sub-division, South Waziristan Agency on Wednesday morning, a security official told The Express Tribune.

Dozens of militant hideouts and compounds were destroyed and weapons recovered were seized.

Two hideouts were also uncovered in Tiarza and a militant identified as Janan was apprehended, the official added.

He said that five militants were killed and six were injured in the offensive.

South Waziristan political administration had earlier asked residents to vacate the area for a military operation.

All routes on the Gomal Zam road, linking Wana to Dera Ismail Khan, were blocked and telephone networks were dysfunctional till late evening.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 15th, 2012.

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Foreigners among 10 dead in Waziristan drone strike on Sunday morning

ISLAMABAD (PAN): Ten suspected insurgents were killed in fresh US drone strikes in Pakistan's northwestern tribal region of South Waziristan on Sunday morning, an official said.

The CIA-operated drone fired four missiles at a compound five kilometres from Wana, the main town in Waziristan, killing seven people, a security official told Pajhwok Afghan News on condition of anonymity.

He would not say whether the dead were civilians or militants, but locals confirmed insurgents were killed in the raid, the second in as many days. One rebel commander Mullah Malang, loyal to Commander Mullah Nazir, was among the dead.

Five drones flying over the Wacha Dana area near the Afghanistan border since Saturday carried out the attack on Sunday morning, injuring three people, said local journalist Zafar Wazir.

He said the suspected fighters were offering condolences to the brother of a militant commander killed during a similar strike a day earlier. The commander's brother and two foreigners were among the dead.

from Pajhwok

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US drones kill 'good' Taliban commander in South Wazirstan

Map showing location of North and South Waziristan in northern Pakistan and bordering on Afghanistan (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

By Bill Roggio - June 2, 2012 - LWJ

The US killed a commander loyal to 'good' Taliban leader Mullah Nazir in a drone strike in South Waziristan. Today's strike is the first in South Waziristan since mid-March.

The remotely piloted Predators or the more deadly Reapers fired missiles at a vehicle and a motorcycle in a village near Wana. Dawn reported that the strike took place in the village of Doog and killed two Taliban fighters, while Geo News said the strike occurred in Khawashi Khel and killed four fighters.

According to Dawn, Rahmanullah, "a key commander of the Mullah Nazir group and a brother of commander Malang of the same group," was killed in the strike. Nazir administers the Wana area and supports and shelters al Qaeda leaders and operatives.

Today's strike is the first in South Waziristan since mid-March. The last eight strikes have taken place in Taliban-controlled North Waziristan.

Read more: http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2012/06/us_drones_kill_good.php#ixzz1wjGFeZJh

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