18 killed in S Waziristan drone attack

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18 killed in S Waziristan drone attack

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US drones fired four missiles in South Waziristan on Wednesday killing at least 18 persons.

16 November,2011 10:23 am

US drones on Wednesday fired a salvo of missiles, destroying a house in Babar Pahari and killed at least 18 people.Four missiles slammed into the compound in the Babar Pahari area of South Waziristan, killing at least 18 people, the Pakistani security officials said.The strike came a day after six people were killed in a similar attack in Miranshah, the main town of the adjacent North Waziristan district.The United States refuses to discuss publicly drone strikes in Pakistan, but the programme has dramatically increased as the Obama administration searches for an end to a decade of fighting in Afghanistan.