32 Pakistanis Killed by US Drone Air Strikes in North Waziristan, September 14-15, 2010

32 Pakistanis Killed by US Drone Air Strikes in North Waziristan

September 14-15, 2010

Editor's Note:

The following news report was published by the Pakistani online publication, The Daily Times, which usually publishes news without editing from NATO sources. In the following news story, Pakistani Taliban fighters were referred to as "terrorists" by the Daily Times.

17 more killed as US steps up drone strikes in N Waziristan

Thursday, September 16, 2010

MIRANSHAH:

Two separate US missile strikes targeting Pakistani fighters in the Tribal Areas on Wednesday killed 17 of them, local security officials said.

A pre-dawn attack was directed at the Haqqani network, officials said. “Several US drones fired eight missiles at two compounds early this morning, killing at least 12 ,” a senior security official said about the first attack. The barrage hit the village of Dargah Mandi on the outskirts of Miranshah where 15 (Pakistanis) had been killed in two separate drone attacks on Tuesday.

Later in the day, a second attack targeted a compound in Payekhel village of Dattakhel district of North Waziristan, killing five and wounding three others, local security officials said. Meanwhile, a senior security official disclosed that an Afghan Taliban commander and close relative of Sirajuddin Haqqani was among those killed in a drone strike on a vehicle in Qutabkhel village on Tuesday. afp

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