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Saturday, 11 October 2014

US drone kills 4 militants in Pakistan

PESHAWAR: A US drone strike killed at least four militants in Pakistan's North Waziristan tribal region on Saturday, taking the death toll from a series of such attacks to 29 this week.

According to the official sources, the US drone targeted a vehicle at Margha area near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border which resulted in killing of four people.


This is the fourteenth US drone attack in the area this year.


The region — where the Pakistani military has been waging a major offensive since June — has long been used as shelter by Taliban and al-Qaeda-linked militants, and has been frequently targeted by US drones.


There has been a spike in drone attacks in North Waziristan this month.


For almost a decade, American drone strikes in Pakistan's tribal belt have been deeply unpopular with the public.


Pakistani officials have publicly condemned the drone strikes saying they violate sovereignty.



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