U.S drone strike kills 9 in Pakistan
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
Islamabad, April 24, IRNA -- A U.S. drone aircraft killed at least nine people in a Pakistani tribal region on Friday, local TV channels reported.
State television confirmed the drone strike and reported that it caused casualties.
The drone aircraft fired three missiles near Mir Ali, main town in North Waziristan tribal agency, near the Afghan border. ARY television reported that nine people were killed and several injured.
Security officials claimed that a compound of the militants was targeted, TV channels reported.
U.S claims that the drone aircraft target suspected Taliban and al-Qaeda militants who are hiding in Pakistan tribal regions and plan attacks on foreign troops in the neighbouring Afghanistan.
The U.S has stepped up drone attacks in Pakistan since a bomber struck the CIA center in Afghanistan’s Khost province, killing seven CIA personnel in late December.
The bomber was shown in a recorded video along with Pakistani Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsood, who the U.S official believes to have been killed in a drone strike in January.
Taliban denied Mehsood’s death reports and Pakistan army says it has no confirmation.
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End News / IRNA / News Code 1075472
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