US drone strike kills 10 people in Pakistan
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
Islamabad, June 12 , IRNA -- US drone aircraft struck Friday a house in Pakistan’s North Waziristan region killing at least 10 people, tribesmen in the region said.
The aircraft fired two missiles at a house at Datta Khel area near the Afghan border, killing four people at the scene. Several others were critically injured six of them died later of wounds.
It is the second US strike in the North Waziristan region, the stronghold of Taliban militants, in two days.
A US drone aircraft on Thursday targeted a compound of suspected militants in Mir Ali, a main town in North Waziristan, and killed at least three people.
The US has intensified drone strikes in North Waziristan in recent months despite outcry against the attacks by international rights groups and Pakistan.
The Amnesty International said on Thursday the US use of drones to target insurgents in northwest Pakistan has generated considerable resentment inside Pakistan.
The international body called on the US in a report to clarify its chain of command and rules of engagement for the use of drones and ensure proper accountability for civilian casualties.
Washington has refused to halt drone strikes while considering the use of the technology as effective to eliminate al-Qaeda and Taliban militants.
In August last year Pakistani Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsood was killed along with his wife in South Waziristanj when US drone fired missiles at the house of his father-in- law where he was staying at the time of the strike.
The Friday’s strike was the 50th in Pakistan’s tribal region this year. Out of the number, a total of 47 attacks were carried out in North Waziristan, killing 335 people.
Only two attacks targeted South Waziristan and one Khyber Agency this year.
Pakistani leaders insist that drone aircraft kill civilians and that it also badly affect the anti-terror war.
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End News / IRNA / News Code 1171669
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