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4 'militants' killed in drone strike near Pak-Afghan border
[DAWN] At least four suspected holy warriors were killed in a dronezap in Afghanistan's Paktia province near the Pak-Afghan border on Thursday.Security sources told DawnNews that a suspected United States (US) drone fired two missiles targeting alleged murderous Moslem hideouts in the area, killing four 'militants'. This is the second dronezap in Paktia this week. At least six suspected Tehrik-e-Taliban ...Arabic for students... Pakistain holy warriors were killed in an earlier strike, with Jamaat-ul-Ahrar chief Umar Khalid Khorasani reportedly injured in the assault. Khorasani was evacuated following the strike and unconfirmed reports claim he is dead. The recent unprecedented increase dronezaps in the Pak-Afghan border region appears to be reflective of a change in policy in Washington, with at least 70 strikes ─ both drone and ground ─ conducted in Afghanistan in the past three weeks, and over 30 people killed in strikes near the border in the last few days. The Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif and ISPR, the army's media wing, had both claimed that the strikes had been carried out in Afghan territory and Pakistain's airspace had not been violated, amid speculation that the strikes had targeted holy warriors inside Pak territory. Posted by: Fred 2017-10-20 |
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