US drone attack kills 12 militants in northwest Pak
Missiles fired from US drones killed at least 12 Taliban militants and wounded 15 others in two separate attacks in Pakistan's unruly North Waziristan tribal region, the hub of al-Qaeda linked terrorist groups. Five Taliban militants were killed and three others injured when US a drone targeted a militant compound in the volatile North Waziristan tribal region on Monday evening. The drones fired three missiles at a house in Danday Darpakhel area, three kilometres north of Miranshah, the main town of North Waziristan Agency. The region is a stronghold of the al-Qaeda-linked Haqqani network, spearheading the attacks against US and Nato troops in Afghanistan. Local residents rushed to the site and retrieved the dead and injured from the collapsed building. In the second attack, seven Taliban militants were killed and 12 others were wounded at Dargah Mandi, six kms north of Miranshah. US drones have increased their operations against militants in Pakistan's tribal region during the past three days. Monday's drone strike was the third attack in a row in as many days. The nationalities of the militants killed in the attack were not immediately clear, but intelligence officials in the area said most of those killed were Afghans. US forces have been attacking the Taliban and Al Qaeda linked militants in Pakistan's northwestern tribal belt, where militants have carved out havens in mountains outside direct government control. The US has branded the rugged tribal area on the Afghan border, part of which has now been hit by Pakistan's catastrophic flooding, a global headquarters of Al-Qaeda and the most dangerous place on Earth.
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