Drone strike kills 20 in North Waziristan

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PESHAWAR: At least 20 people were killed and another four injured when a US drone fired twopp missiles at a compound and a vehicle in use by militants in Gharoos Hassan Khel village of North Waziristan Agency
on Tuesday.
Reports from Miranshah, headquarters of North Waziristan, said a US drone fired four missiles on a house and vehicle in Ghulam Khan tehsil near the Pak-Afghan border. Soon after the attack, militants cordoned off the site and did not let tribesmen to help in rescue efforts.
Tribesmen said the identity of those killed could not be ascertained, but they included local and foreign militants. It was the ninth drone attack in North Waziristan in the current November, and the second in Ghulam Khan tehsil, once cindered the most important route for militants travelling between Pakistan and Afghanistan.