Three killed in second US strike in North Waziristan
The US killed three extremists in the second airstrike in the Taliban-controlled tribal agency of North Waziristan in two days.
Unmanned strike aircraft fired at a Taliban compound in the village of Dargamandi, which is three miles northwest of Miramshah, the main town in North Waziristan. The compound was run by a local tribesman named Ismail Khan, Geo News reported.
No senior al Qaeda or Taliban leaders have been reported killed at this time, a Pakistani intelligence official told AFP.
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Posted by: Tango Charlie 2009-09-08 |