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20 Pakistanis Killed in US Air Strike on South Waziristan
January 17, 2010
Foreigners among 20 Taliban killed in SWA drone strike
Three missiles target building in Shaktoee used by Uzbek fighters
The Daily Times (Pakistani Newspaper)
MIRANSHAH:
A US drone strike on Sunday killed at
least 20 Taliban, including foreign fighters, in a South Waziristan area
where local Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud reportedly escaped death
days ago, said officials.
The attack took place in Shaktoee –40
kilometres southeast of Miranshah in North Waziristan – and security
officials said US drones appeared to be tracking TTP chief Hakeemullah
Mehsud. Sunday’s bombing was the 10th US drone strike to hit the tribal
belt this month.
“The target was a Taliban compound,” said a
security official in the area. “Twenty Taliban deaths have been
confirmed.”
The AP news agency said the building was used by
Uzbeks.
An intelligence official said that drone fired at least
three missiles, and Taliban – who had ringed the demolished compound in
the remote and mountainous area – were digging out bodies. “The drones
are apparently tracking and targeting TTP chief Hakeemullah, whose
presence is frequently reported in the area,” he said.
Another
security official said it was too early to tell if any high-value
targets were among the 20 killed.
A senior security official
told Reuters that most of the casualties were foreigners.
Sources close to intelligence services say US efforts to track down
Hakeemullah have been stepped up since a bomber targeted a CIA base in
Afghanistan’s Khost province and the TTP chief claimed responsibility
for the attack.
More than 700 people have been killed in about
80 US drone strikes in Pakistan since August 2008.
Unrest,
however, continues: on Sunday, gunmen shot dead two anti-Taliban elders
in Bajaur Agency, said officials.
Malik Abdul Qayyum, who had
been earlier threatened by the Taliban, was sprayed with bullets while
leaving his home on the outskirts of the region’s main town, local
administration official Fazal Rabbi told AFP.
A roadside bomb
killed another anti-Taliban tribal elder, Hukum Khan, 50, in Charmang
district of Bajaur, said local official Ghulam Saeed. agencies
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