Death toll in US drone strike mounts to 9

Death toll in US drone strike mounts to 9
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Summary The Taliban did not immediately comment on the strike in the Bobar Ghar area of South Waziristan.


DERA ISMAIL KHAN: The death toll from a US drone strike in a restive tribal region has risen to 9, an official told Associated Press on Saturday.

 

Two intelligence officials said Saturday that three suspected militants wounded in the Friday s strike on a militant compound died overnight. They had originally put the death toll at six.

 

The officials said their field informants confirmed two members of al-Qaida, Abu Majid Al Iraqi and Sheikh Abu Waqas Al-Yamani, were among the dead. They said the remaining seven were all members of  TTP.

 

Both officials spoke anonymously as they weren t authorized to speak to the media.