US drone, bomb kill 20 in Pakistan
Sunday, 17 May 2009
PESHAWAR, May 16 (Reuters): A bomb blew up in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar Saturday killing 10 people, hours after a suspected US drone aircraft fired missiles at militants in another region on the Afghan border and killed 10.
The blast in Peshawar blew up a passing school bus and city police chief Sifwat Ghayyur said four children and two women were among the dead.
Two missiles were fired into the Khaisor area of the North Waziristan ethnic Pashtun tribal region at around 8 am (0200 GMT), the security officials said.
One missile hit a house in the Khaisor area of North Waziristan's ethnic Pashtun tribal region. Another struck a nearby vehicle.
The blast in Peshawar blew up a passing school bus and city police chief Sifwat Ghayyur said four children and two women were among the dead.
Two missiles were fired into the Khaisor area of the North Waziristan ethnic Pashtun tribal region at around 8 am (0200 GMT), the security officials said.
One missile hit a house in the Khaisor area of North Waziristan's ethnic Pashtun tribal region. Another struck a nearby vehicle.