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India-Pakistan
Five 'militants' killed in Shawal drone strike
2016-01-11
[DAWN] A US drone attacked a compound in the Shawal area of North Wazoo tribal region late on Friday night, killing five suspected bandidos gunnies and wounding two others.

The attack was the first such strike of the year.

Sources said that a leader of the banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistain, Mulla Noor Said Janikhel, and two Uzbek nationals were among the dead. Mulla Noor belongs to Bannu district.

The sources said the drone fired two missiles at the compound in the Mangloti area close to the border with Afghanistan, some 46km west of Miranshah
... headquarters of al-Qaeda in Pakistain and likely location of Ayman al-Zawahiri. The Haqqani network has established a ministate in centered on the town with courts, tax offices and lots of madrassas...
The Zarb-e-Azb
..the Pak offensive against Qaeda in Pakistain and the Pak Taliban in North Wazoo. The name refers to the sword of the Prophet (PTUI!)...
military operation against bandidos gunnies and Death Eaters is in final stages in Shawal. Other areas of North Waziristan have been cleared.
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