US drone strike 'kills 13' in Pakistan
Monday, 28 December 2009
MIRANSHAH, Pakistan, Dec 27 (AFP): A US missile attack that demolished a compound in Pakistan's tribal belt used by militants crossing into Afghanistan killed 13 fighters, Pakistani security officials said Sunday.
A US drone slammed two missiles into the building Saturday in Saidgi village, seven kilometres (four miles) north of Miranshah, the main town of North Waziristan tribal district bordering Afghanistan, officials said.
"Taliban have recovered more dead bodies from the debris. We have reports that a total of 13 militants were killed and three injured," an intelligence official in Miranshah told newsmen on condition of anonymity.
"One of the local commanders, Abdur Rehman, was also killed," he added.
The compound was used by local militants attached to the Haqqani network, which has attacked US troops in Afghanistan, said a senior security official.
A US drone slammed two missiles into the building Saturday in Saidgi village, seven kilometres (four miles) north of Miranshah, the main town of North Waziristan tribal district bordering Afghanistan, officials said.
"Taliban have recovered more dead bodies from the debris. We have reports that a total of 13 militants were killed and three injured," an intelligence official in Miranshah told newsmen on condition of anonymity.
"One of the local commanders, Abdur Rehman, was also killed," he added.
The compound was used by local militants attached to the Haqqani network, which has attacked US troops in Afghanistan, said a senior security official.