| US Central Command (CENTCOM) has denied reports that a drone was shot down in South Waziristan by the Taliban on Saturday. "As far as CENTCOM goes, all of our drones have been accounted for. So it's not ours, if there is one that was shot down," Major Marie Boughen, a spokeswoman for CENTCOM, said. Lieutenant Colonel Todd Vician, a Pentagon spokesman, said he had heard of no such reports, adding "the Taliban make specious claims all the time". Referring to reports of a downed drone, army spokesman Major General Athar Abbas told AFP he had no confirmation of the crash. "We are further investigating and trying to find out," he added. Earlier, residents and a local police official said two drones were flying at low altitude over a village in South Waziristan when one of them was hit by Taliban fire and crashed. |