MIRAMSHAH: A US drone strike on Saturday killed at least
three militants in Pakistan’s restive tribal region near the Afghan
border, security officials said.
The strike took place in the Datta Khel area of North Waziristan, known as a bastion of the Taliban and al Qaeda.
The drone targeted a moving vehicle and fired two missiles, they said.
“The identity of the militants was immediately unclear but this area
is mostly occupied by members of the militant commander Gul Bahadur’s
group,” a security official in Peshawar told AFP.
Another official on the ground in Miranshah said that the vehicle had
been driving through a village 35 kilometers (around 20 miles) west of
Miranshah, the headquarters of North Waziristan tribal district.
“We have reports that two militants of Gul Bahadur group were also
injured in the attack,” he told AFP on the condition of anonymity
because he was not authorised to speak to the media.
from DAWN
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