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Another drone strike kills five militants in N Waziristan |
A US drone strike on a militant compound in Pakistan's North
Waziristan, near the Afghan border, killed five insurgents early on Thursday,
officials said. "The drone fired two missiles on a house in Hassokhel town," 25
kilometres east of Miramshah, the main town in North Waziristan , a security official
said, adding that five bodies have been recovered so far. According to The Dawn,
two other officials confirmed the attack, saying the casualties may go up. Washington
considers Pakistan 's semi-autonomous northwestern tribal belt the main hub of
Taliban and Al-Qaeda militants plotting attacks on the West and in Afghanistan
. North Waziristan is a stronghold of the Haqqani network - Afghan insurgents
blamed for a series of spectacular attacks on Western targets in Kabul - and Pakistani
Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud. Islamabad has been resisting U.S. pressure to
launch a sweeping offensive against militants in the area. Thursday's drone strike
came after one on Wednesday that killed four militants in the same region. Pakistan
says the missile attacks are counter-productive, violate the country's sovereignty,
kill civilians and fuel anti-U.S. sentiment.
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