Saturday, February 11, 2012
- Lahore: Shopping centre caught fire in Gulberg
- Australia beat Sri Lanka by 5 runs, remain unbeaten in tri-series
- Blasts, firing near PTIs rally leave 7 injured in Swabi
- Imran says will shoot down drones if comes to power
- 25 killed, 175 injured in Syria blasts
- Aqib Javed resigns as bowling coach
- NATO supplies from Pakistani airspace never stopped: Pentagon
- 11 militants killed, 19 injured in Orakzai operation
- Mansoor Ijaz to record statement via videolink on Feb 22
- LHC adjourns hearing of petition against TCP
US drone strike kills five in NW
MIRANSHAH (AFP) At least five people were killed Saturday when missiles from an unmanned US aircraft hit a suspected militant compound in Pakistans northwest tribal belt, security officials said.
The missiles struck a house in Saidgi village of North Waziristan tribal district, which borders Afghanistan, officials said. Two missiles hit a house, five militants were killed, an intelligence official told AFP.
Another security official confirmed the drone attack and the toll, adding that the house belonged to a local tribesman named Asmatullah, who, he said, had links with Taliban militants.
The missiles struck a house in Saidgi village of North Waziristan tribal district, which borders Afghanistan, officials said. Two missiles hit a house, five militants were killed, an intelligence official told AFP.
Another security official confirmed the drone attack and the toll, adding that the house belonged to a local tribesman named Asmatullah, who, he said, had links with Taliban militants.
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