2 drone attacks kill 10, injure 11
This is 4th American drone strike since past forty hours.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News/AP) – At least ten persons were killed and another eleven injured in two drone attacks in North Waziristan on Tuesday. This is the fourth American drone strike in a span of forty hours, Dunya News reported.
The missiles strikes were just hours apart in the North Waziristan tribal region close to the Afghan border bring the number of such strikes to three within 24 hours.
The latest strike hit a compound used by militants in Kundser village of Datta Khel area in the afternoon killing four militants, said two intelligence officials. The compound hit in Kundser was located closer to Afghan border then the earlier one, they said. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity as they were not authorized to speak to the media.
Earlier in the day, missiles fired from the unmanned drone hit the compound of a suspected Taliban commander in the village of Kund Ghar in Shawal area of the region. Officials said five other militants were wounded in the strike.
Drone fired missiles also struck a compound in Mangrothi village in Shawal area, killing four militants late Monday. Shawal, a mountainous area with thick forests is an area where many militants are thought to be hiding, the official said.
The military launched a major offensive in June in North Waziristan, a rugged tribal area that has long been home to local and foreign militants, including al-Qaida. Officials said the targeted militants had fled to Shawal from other parts of the region.
