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At least 15 people were killed and four other were injured when US drone targeted a house and a vehicle in a village of...

ISLAMABAD - Four missiles fired by two U.S. pilotless aircraft struck a moving vehicle in Pakistan's South Waziristan tribal region on the Afghan border on Wednesday, killing six militants, residents and officials said.
It is the first strike since March 17, when a similar attack killed 38 suspected militants and drew very rare condemnation from the country's powerful military chief.

MIRANSHAH - A US drone missile strike killed at least 38 militants in the Datta Khel region of North Waziristan. There were conflicting accounts about the target of the attack. The area is a stronghold of Hafiz Gul Bahadur, a Taliban commander.
One official said the missiles targeted a house as elders loyal to Bahadur were trying to mediate between two warring militant groups inside. Another official said the drone attacked a vehicle in the area that was passing by a house where

PESHAWAR - A US drone strike in the lawless tribal region - the second such attack in 24 hours on the area near the Afghan border - killed five militants Monday, security officials said. The strike took place in the mountainous Spalga village, 20 kilometres south of Miranshah, the main town in the North Waziristan, a hub of Al-Qaeda-linked militants.
"It was a US drone strike which targeted a militant compound, killing five rebels," a senior local security official told AFP,

MIRANSHAH - The body of Col Imam, whose murder was claimed by the Tehreek-e- Taliban Pakistan recently, was found along a roadside in South Waziristan on Sunday. Col Imam was abducted in March last year along with British journalist Asad Qureshi and former intelligence official Khalid Khawaja.
The abductors had freed Qureshi, but had killed Khalid Khawaja a few months ago.

ISLAMABAD - Inspector Rana Pervez of Turnol Police Station, who was kidnapped for ransom three months ago, is still being held hostage by the abductors belonging to South Waziristan, said IGP Islamabad Wajid Ali Khan Durrani on Wednesday. Durrani was talking to media after addressing a prize distribution ceremony organised by Islamabad Traffic Police (ITP) for the position holders of a declamation contest on `Role of Students in Checking Road Accidents'.
The IGP said efforts were

PESHAWAR - A series of unmanned US drone strikes in North Waziristan on Sunday killed at least 13 militants, officials said, as tribesmen took to the streets to protest the aerial campaign.
According to local intelligence officials, in the first attack that took place in Datta Khel area, two missiles were fired on a vehicle seconds after it was parked outside a house, killing four suspected militants. The militants were said to be members of the Tehreek-e-Taliban North Waziristan

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan on Thursday said it would not accept any foreign pressure for launching a military offensive against the Al Qaeda and Taliban-linked militants in North Waziristan, which the United States believes has become the hub of global terrorism.
"Washington knows our position, our viewpoint on full-scale operations in North Waziristan very well and we will move ahead at a time of our own choosing," Foreign Office spokesman Abdul Basit said while addressing his weekly

ISLAMABAD - Ruling out a military operation in North Waziristan, ISPR Director General (DG) Athar Abbas on Monday said the Pakistan Army could not currently open another front as the security forces were in the process of consolidating their current gains.
"Whenever any operation is launched, a state devises a strategy after assessing the dangers involved. Now we are in the phase of consolidating the control in the troubled areas after successful operations there and cannot

PESHAWAR - At least eight suspected militants were killed and several others injured in two separate US drone attacks in North Waziristan on Friday.
The first attack destroyed a vehicle in Data Khel area close to the Pak-Afghan border in the morning. The drone fired four missiles at the vehicle killing all six on board.
In the second attack, a motorcycle was hit by two missiles in Boya tehsil's Ghalmani village. Both the riders were killed.
Though identity of the

LAHORE - The Hizbul Tahir staged a protest in front of the Lahore Press Club on Sunday against the possible military operation in North Waziristan. Protesters were holding placards, banners and chanting slogans against presence and involvement of US forces in South Asia.
The organisation's leader Agha Tahir said that Americans were facing a difficult situation in Afghanistan and pressurising the federal government to start a military operation, as Washington wanted to protect its

PESHAWAR - In the first drone attack of 2011, three US missile hits at various places in North Waziristan Agency on Saturday killed 15 suspected militants and injured several others.
The US drone targeted militant vehicles and compounds in Speen Wam and Data Khel tehsils of the agency. Speen Wam is considered a crucial route connecting North Waziristan with Thall area of Hangu district, which is adjacent to Kurram and Orakzai agencies, while Data Khel is situated along the Pak

PESHAWAR - A US missile targeting a vehicle in North Waziristan killed at least four people and injured several others on Friday.
Officials in Miranshah said two missiles fired by the drone hit the vehicle in Ghulam Khan, 15 kilometres northwest of Miranshah.
"It was an American drone attack, four militants have been killed, the death toll may rise," a security official said. Another security official in Peshawar also confirmed the attack and the death toll. More than 120

PESHAWAR - At least 18 people were killed and several others injured when a US drone targeted two vehicles in a village along Thall Road near Mirali town of North Waziristan Agency on Monday.
Officials in Miranshah, the headquarters of North Waziristan, said two pick-up trucks were heading to Thall when the drone targeted them in Sheratala village, located in Zara Mela area of Mirali. They said the drone fired seven missiles at the vehicles, killing 18 people on board and

ISLAMABAD - US Ambassador to Pakistan Cameron Munter has said the US wants Pakistan to launch a military operation in North Waziristan soon but it is up to the leadership of the Pakistan Army to decide when to launch it.
Addressing a press conference on Afghanistan and Pakistan Annual Review on Friday, Munter said, "The Pakistan Army certainly wants to restore its writ there." To a question about Pakistan's cooperation in the war on terrorism, Munter said Pakistan had made

PESHAWAR - A US drone strike in North Waziristan killed four people, destroying their vehicle, a private TV channel quoted security officials as saying on Tuesday.
The strike took place in Spalga village, about 15 kilometres south of Miranshah, the main town in the North Waziristan. The security official confirmed the strike and said the drone fired two missiles.
In recent months, the US has increased number of drone strikes in Waziristan region in a bid to halt the alleged

PESHAWAR: The body of ANP activist was found from a roadside in Tappi area near Mirali town on Monday. The political worker hailed from North Waziristan Agency. The reports reveal the mutilated body of Fazal Hamid Dawar was sighted at Tappi.
Later it was moved to his native village Khaddi, seven kilometers away from Tappi. Fazal Hamid Dawar had been abducted by Taliban some two months ago and they were demanding release of arrested militants for his release. The locals suspect