US missile strike on border region
source: http://www.independent.ie/breaking-news/world-news/us-missile-strike-on-border-region-210646...
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At least four people have been killed after suspected US drones fired missiles at a house and car in a militant-dominated tribal region near Pakistan`s border with Afghanistan.
The attack occurred in the Datta Khel area of North Waziristan when the drones fired three missiles, said intelligence officials.
The identities of those killed were not known, though the region is dominated by the Taliban's Haqqani network, which is blamed for launching attacks across the border against American and Nato forces in Afghanistan.
Meanwhile, in Pakistan's south-western province of Baluchistan, where authorities have been fighting an ethnic insurgency for years, a bomb blast killed at least three people and injured 12 more.
The bomb, planted on a bicycle in Quetta, the capital of Baluchistan, exploded as a police van drove past. It killed two policemen and one civilian, hospital officials said. Hamid Shakil, a senior police official, said it was apparently triggered by remote control. He blamed the attack on Baluchi nationalists - a militant movement distinct from the Taliban insurgency.
Earlier on Sunday, the bodies of four Pakistani tribesmen, shot dead for allegedly spying for the United States, were found elsewhere in North Waziristan. Officials said the four dead tribesmen were kidnapped by the Taliban about 10 days ago.
http://www.independent.ie/breaking-news/world-news/us-missile-strike-on-border-r...
The attack occurred in the Datta Khel area of North Waziristan when the drones fired three missiles, said intelligence officials.
The identities of those killed were not known, though the region is dominated by the Taliban's Haqqani network, which is blamed for launching attacks across the border against American and Nato forces in Afghanistan.
Meanwhile, in Pakistan's south-western province of Baluchistan, where authorities have been fighting an ethnic insurgency for years, a bomb blast killed at least three people and injured 12 more.
The bomb, planted on a bicycle in Quetta, the capital of Baluchistan, exploded as a police van drove past. It killed two policemen and one civilian, hospital officials said. Hamid Shakil, a senior police official, said it was apparently triggered by remote control. He blamed the attack on Baluchi nationalists - a militant movement distinct from the Taliban insurgency.
Earlier on Sunday, the bodies of four Pakistani tribesmen, shot dead for allegedly spying for the United States, were found elsewhere in North Waziristan. Officials said the four dead tribesmen were kidnapped by the Taliban about 10 days ago.
http://www.independent.ie/breaking-news/world-news/us-missile-strike-on-border-r...
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