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US drone strike kills six in Miranshah
 MIRANSHAH: A US drone attack killed six Taliban in North Waziristan on Monday. According to details, three US drones fired three missiles at a compound in Khushhali Toori Khel village of the Mir Ali sub-division, 30 kilometres east of Miranshah. The target was a militant compound belonging to followers of a local Taliban commander Haleem Khan,' a senior Pakistani security official said. Six Taliban were killed and several others sustained injuries in the strike,' another security official added. "Hey Tyrone, those smaller missiles work just fine!" Pakistani security officials said most of the dead were Taliban from the Mehsud tribe in neighbouring South Waziristan, from which top leaders and many foot soldiers in Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan are drawn. Officials said that Khan, the local rebel commander, believed to have ties to Taliban-linked Afghan warlord Hafiz Gul Bahadur was not among the dead. Posted by: Steve White 2010-04-27 |
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