U.S. drone kills 7 in Pakistan
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
Islamabad,Dec 16,IRNA -- A U.S. drone aircraft fired missiles into a Pakistani tribal region and killed at least 7 people on Thursday, local TV channels reported.
The drone targeted a vehicle carrying suspected militants in Khyber tribal agency.
This is the first U.S. drone strike in Khyber agency, bordering Afghanistan.
U.S. drone aircraft regularly launch strikes in Pakistan’s Waziristan region, which CIA consider as the main base for al-Qaeda and Taliban militants.
Reports said that the militants killed in the Khyber agency strike belonged to the insurgency-hit Swat valley and Waziristan.
TV channels said that the strike also damaged several houses in Tirah area of Khyber agency.
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