PESHAWAR, Sept 28 (AFP): At least 23 militants have been killed in a US drone attack, raids by jet fighters and a gunfight in Pakistan's restive northwestern tribal areas, officials said Sunday.
The air force staged attacks on five insurgent hideouts in the Shawal area of North Waziristan overnight, a military statement said.
"In precise aerial strikes last night 5 terrorists hideouts were destroyed and 15 terrorists including foreigners were killed in Shawal area of North Waziristan Agency," it said.
Separately a US drone attack on Sunday killed at least two militants in Karezai Pal village in neighbouring South Waziristan tribal district, security officials said.
"A US drone fired two missiles at a vehicle and at least two militants were killed and one was wounded," a senior security official told AFP on condition of anonymity.
"The militants had just parked their vehicle outside the main gate of a compound and had asked for drinking water from inside. Just when they were drinking water standing on the road, drones fired two missiles."
Their identities were not known but initial information indicated that they were not locals, the official added.
US drone, airstrikes, gunfight kill 23 in Pakistan
FE Team | Published: September 29, 2014 00:00:00 | Updated: November 30, 2026 06:01:00
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