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U.S. Drone Strike Said to Kill Militants in Pakistan U.S. Drone Strike Said to Kill Militants in Pakistan
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PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Six foreign militants are believed to have been killed in an American drone strike in the North Waziristan tribal region on Sunday morning, a Pakistani security official said. PESHAWAR, Pakistan — At least six foreign militants are believed to have been killed in an American drone strike in the North Waziristan tribal region on Sunday morning, a Pakistani security official said.
The official said a drone fired two missiles into a compound in the Dattakhel subdistrict at 6:40 a.m. The area is close to the border with Afghanistan and to Miramshah, the North Waziristan regional headquarters. The Pakistani official said a drone fired two missiles into a compound in the Dattakhel subdistrict at 6.40 a.m. The area is close to the border with Afghanistan and to Miramshah, the North Waziristan administrative headquarters.
“The drone targeted a base of an Uzbek commander, Usman, killing six Uzbek militants. Two militants are wounded,” the official said, requesting anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the news media. “The drone targeted a base of an Uzbek commander, Usman, killing six Uzbek militants. Two militants are wounded,” the official said, requesting anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media. It was unclear whether Usman was there at the time of the attack. The local news media has reported that he is allied with Hafiz Gul Bahadur, a local warlord and militant commander.
The reported drone strike was the first in the North Waziristan region in 2015. Sunday’s drone strike was the first one on militants in Pakistan this year. The strikes, often attributed to American drones, are immensely unpopular in the country and result in regular diplomatic protests from the Pakistani Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The Associated Press reported on Saturday that Pakistani airstrikes in the neighboring tribal region of Khyber had killed 31 militants. Citing an army statement, The A.P. said that the strikes targeted fighters who had fled the security operations in North Waziristan that began last June. Separately, the Pakistani military said four terrorist hideouts and a training center for suicide bombers were destroyed by fighter-jet strikes late Saturday in the remote Tirah Valley of the nearby Khyber tribal region.
In a brief statement, the military said that “31 terrorists, including some suicide bombers, were killed in precise aerial strikes.” There was no independent confirmation of the military’s claim.
Last summer, the Pakistani military launched a long awaited offensive, “Operation Zarb-e-Azb,” against Taliban and foreign militants holed up in theNorth Waziristan region. The military claims it now controls 90 percent of the region.
On Sunday, Gen. Raheel Sharif, the Pakistani army chief, arrived in Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province in the northwest of the country. General Sharif was scheduled to hold meetings with senior civil and government officials to review the security situation in the region. A Taliban attack last month on an army-run school in Peshawar left at least 145 dead.