Six killed in US drone attack in NW

MIRANSHAH, (SANA): A US drone attack killed at least six militants in the North Waziristan tribal region as local people celebrated Eidul Fitr.

The drone fired two missiles on a compound in Shuwedar village in Shawal district of the troubled North Waziristan region on Saturday.

“US drones fired two missiles into a militant compound. Six bodies have been recovered from the compound so far,” a security official told.

Residents and local intelligence officials confirmed the attack and the casualties. The missiles also destroyed a car parked at the compound, they said.

Attacks by unmanned American aircraft are deeply unpopular in Pakistan, which says they violate its sovereignty and fan anti-US sentiment, but US officials are said to believe the attacks are too important to give up.

Washington regards Pakistan’s northwestern tribal belt as the main hub of Taliban and Al Qaeda militants plotting attacks on the West and in Afghanistan.
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