24 Pakistanis Killed by US Drone Missiles, 8 Killed by Pakistani Army Air Raids, May 11, 2010

24 Pakistanis Killed by US Drone Missiles,
8 Killed by Pakistani Army Air Raids

May 11, 2010

8 Taliban killed in Orakzai operation

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

The Daily News, Pakistan,

HANGU:

Pakistani helicopter gunships pounded suspected Taliban hideouts in various areas of Orakzai Agency, killing eight of them and injuring five others, sources said on Tuesday. The sources said the shelling was carried out after a clash between the Taliban and Pakistani security forces in an area between Upper and Lower Orakzai Agency.

Three suspected hideouts of the Taliban fighters were also destroyed during the clash, the sources said. Meanwhile, police claimed to have arrested 40 suspects including 10 proclaimed offenders in a search operation in Hangu district. staff report

Drone strikes kill 21 Taliban in NWA

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

The Daily News, Pakistan,

MIRANSHAH/KHAR:

US drones killed 21 Pakistani Taliban fighters in two separate strikes in North Waziristan on Tuesday. In the first airstrike, a drone fired 10 missiles at a vehicle and tents in Doga Maza Khel area of Datta Khel tehsil, 50 kilometres west of Miranshah, killing 14 Pakistani Taliban fighters.

The attack occurred around 8am. The second attack took place at 2pm in Gurwak area of Shawaal, 70 kilometres from Miranshah, where the drone fired two missiles at a vehicle and a house, killing seven Taliban. Ten drones were seen hovering over the area until the filing of this report. Meanwhile, in Bajaur Agency, the deadline set for Taliban to surrender ended on Tuesday. Around 32 Taliban surrendered to the security forces. haji mujtaba

U.S. missiles kill at least 24 in Pakistan

Tuesday, May 11, 2010, 03:30 pm

Haji Mujtaba

U.S. drone aircraft killed at least 24 suspected (Taliban fighters) in two attacks on Tuesday in Pakistan's North Waziristan.

In the first of Tuesday's two drone attacks, more than 12 missiles were fired in Dattakhel village, about 30 km (20 miles) west of Miranshah, North Waziristan.

"Three missiles hit a vehicle and three militants sitting in it were killed," said an intelligence agency official in the region, who declined to be identified.

The drones then fired a barrage of missiles at a nearby (Taliban fighters) compound, killing at least 11 more, according to a second security official.

There was no word on the identity of any of the (Taliban fighters) killed but the attack was in an area where members of an Afghan Taliban faction led by a commander known as Gul Bahadur operate.

The second attack was on a (Taliban fighters) camp on the border with Afghanistan, some distance from the first strike. Two missiles killed at least 10 (Taliban fighters), intelligence officials and residents said. Taliban officials were not available for comment.

Pakistani Taliban fleeing a Pakistani offensive launched late last year on their South Waziristan bastion are believed to have taken refuge in North Waziristan and other Pashtun-dominated regions, including Orakzai, where the military has stepped up its attacks in recent weeks.

Helicopter gunships killed eight (Taliban fighters) and destroyed three of their hideouts in Orakzai Tuesday, a government official said. There was no independent verification of the casualties.

Sunday, at least six militants were killed in a similar strike in the same area.

Late last month, Pakistani Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud, who was reported to have been killed in a drone strike in January, appeared in Internet videos threatening suicide strikes in the United States.

Last year, a drone killed Pakistani Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud, who was accused of assassinating former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, in South Waziristan near the Afghan border.

(Additional reporting by Alamgir Bitani, Zeeshan Haider and Hasan Mehmood; Writing by Zeeshan Haider; Editing by Robert Birsel and Jerry Norton)

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