| A drone strike targeting a stronghold of a close aide of Baitullah Mehsud killed around 12 Taliban in South Waziristan on Friday, said political administration officials. "The office of commander Mufti Noor Wali was targeted in the drone attack in ... Mochikhel area of Sarwakai tehsil, South Waziristan," said the political administration officials over the telephone. It was not clear if the dead included Wali. The AP news agency reported that missiles also a struck a training facility operated by Baitullah in Mantoi village and a communication centre in Kokat Khel village, killing 17 Taliban. |