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| Drone strikes kill 10 terrorists in North Waziristan |
| 2010-03-18 |
| MIRANSHAH: US drone strikes killed at least 10 terrorists and injured three others in North Waziristan on Wednesday. Four drones struck a vehicle at Hamzoni, 10 kilometres west of Miranshah, at around 7:45am, killing five terrorists and injuring another. The second attack took place in Mayzaar Madda Khel village in Datta Khel tehsil, 40 kilometres from Miranshah, at around 8am. At least five foreign terrorists travelling in a pick-up truck were killed, a security official said. The exact identities and nationalities of the terrorists are still not known and it was not immediately known whether they included any high-value targets, but security officials confirmed the death toll. North Waziristan's prominence in the covert US drone war has grown since a Jordanian al Qaeda double agent blew himself up killing seven CIA employees in a neighbouring Afghan province last December. Under US pressure, Pakistan's military claims to have made big gains against Taliban and al Qaeda strongholds over the past year, following major offensives in Swat and South Waziristan. But Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani has said his government is in no hurry to launch a military offensive against terrorists in North Waziristan. “We have a strategy. We have to hold the areas first and we should not be in a rush,' Gilani said. |
| Posted by:Steve White |