Suspected militants killed in Waziristan
25 May 2012 2:52 AM GMT
A US drone targeted a compound in the restive North Waziristan tribal area of Pakistan on Thursday, killing 10 suspected militants in the second such attack in as many days.
The CIA-operated spy plane fired two missiles at a compound in a village in North Waziristan Agency. The attack also caused damage to a nearby mosque, residents said.
Security sources claimed that those killed in the strike belonged to Turkmenistan and had recently moved to the area.
Four suspected militants were killed on Wednesday in a drone strike on a compound near Miranshah, the main town of North Waziristan. The back-to-back drone strikes are expected to increase tensions between the US and Pakistan, which has been calling for an end to the attacks.
The strikes came days after President Asif Ali Zardari left the NATO Summit in Chicago without announcing any move to reopen supply lines for foreign forces in Afghanistan.
Pakistan closed the routes after a cross-border NATO air raid from Afghanistan killed 24 of its soldiers in November.
Since then, Islamabad has been insisting that Washington halt the drone strikes, which Pakistani leaders have described as a violation of the country's sovereignty and international law.
The CIA-operated spy plane fired two missiles at a compound in a village in North Waziristan Agency. The attack also caused damage to a nearby mosque, residents said.
Security sources claimed that those killed in the strike belonged to Turkmenistan and had recently moved to the area.
Four suspected militants were killed on Wednesday in a drone strike on a compound near Miranshah, the main town of North Waziristan. The back-to-back drone strikes are expected to increase tensions between the US and Pakistan, which has been calling for an end to the attacks.
The strikes came days after President Asif Ali Zardari left the NATO Summit in Chicago without announcing any move to reopen supply lines for foreign forces in Afghanistan.
Pakistan closed the routes after a cross-border NATO air raid from Afghanistan killed 24 of its soldiers in November.
Since then, Islamabad has been insisting that Washington halt the drone strikes, which Pakistani leaders have described as a violation of the country's sovereignty and international law.
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