Missiles strike kills 16 in Pakistan's tribal region
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
Islamabad, March 16, IRNA
Pakistan-Missile strike
At least 16 people were killed when missiles hit a residential compound in Pakistan's tribal region near the Afghan border, local tribesmen and eye witnesses said.
Locals said that several foreigners were staying at the residential compound in South Waziristan tribal area when the missiles were fired.
There was no official word about the attack.
The missiles landed at the house at Shah Nawaz Kot village, 2 kilometers from a Scouts camp.
Local TV channels reported that 14 people were also injured in the attack, 4 kilometers from Wana, the center of South Waziristan.
They were taken to local hospitals in Wana.
Pakistani Taliban sealed the area after the attack and did not allow any one to reach there, TV reports said.
Local tribesmen believed that the missiles were fired
from Afghanistan.
They said that they had also seen a drone flying over the area before the attack, the practice adopted by the U.S-led coalition forces in the past to strike inside Pakistani territory.
This is the second missile strike in Pakistani territory in less than 10 days.
Several people were killed in a missile strike in Pakistani area from the U.S-led coalition forces in Afghanistan.
Pakistan had lodged a protest against the strike after the NATO forces in Afghanistan confirmed the attack in Pakistan.
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