MIRANSHAH: A US drone strike killed six militants on Saturday in the North Waziristan tribal region, local security officials said.
Four missiles hit a house used by militants in Dashgah village near Datta Khel town, some 45 kilometers west of Miranshah, the main town in North Waziristan tribal district, the officials said.
“Two US drones fired four missiles and destroyed the house. Six militants were killed in this attack,” a Pakistani security official based in Peshawar told AFP on condition of anonymity.
Two intelligence officials in Miranshah also confirmed the attack and the death toll.
“All of them were militants attached to the Haqqani group,” one intelligence official said.
The second intelligence official told AFP that initial reports suggested the dead were Uzbek militants from Afghanistan.
Pakistani officials have reported that at least 21 US drone attacks have killed around 120 people in September, the highest monthly tally of attacks.
The overwhelming majority of the attacks have been carried out in North Waziristan, considered a bastion of Al-Qaeda-linked and Taliban commanders opposed to the US-led war in Afghanistan.
Most of the strikes have targeted the Haqqani network, one of the strongest US foes in Afghanistan whose leadership is based in North Waziristan.
No comments:
Post a Comment