[The News (Pak) Top Stories] Five more people were killed and six others sustained injuries in yet another US drone attack on a remote village in Dattakhel Tehsil in the troubled North Waziristan tribal region on Saturday night.Tusk tusk. Oh, the humanity. The heart [urp!]
Tribal sources said a pilotless CIA-operated spy plane fired two missiles that struck a house at Ismailkhel village near the border with Afghanistan's Paktika province. They said the house was frequently visited by militants and those killed were suspected to be fighters affiliated with North Waziristan Taliban commander Hafiz Gul Bahadur.
| Four among the eight people killed in the previous US drone attack on Friday night were Arabs. Four others were local villagers, who had invited the 'guests' to their home. |
Dattakhel Tehsil, which is about 50 kilometres from North Waziristan's main town Miramshah, is a stronghold of the Taliban, led by Hafiz Gul Bahadur.
A government official based in Miramshah confirmed the drone attack on the border village of Ismailkhel. Wishing not to be named, he said the drone hit a hideout of the local militants. He also claimed that four among the eight people killed in the previous US drone attack on Pelalai hamlet of Tappi village in Mirali on Friday night were Arabs. Four others, he said, were local villagers, who had invited the 'guests' to their home.