In Pakistan, Geo tv reports said, fourteen persons, including seven foreigners, were killed in a US drone missile strike targeting a compound in the tribal region of South Waziristan today. Local security officials said the strike occurred in Shalam Raghzai, 10 kilometres northwest of Wana, the main town in South Waziristan in the early hours. A senior security official in the area said the drone targeting a compound near a religious seminary fired two missiles. The site of the latest attack was around 10 kilometres south of the Ghwakhwa area where a senior Al Qaeda commander Ilyas Kashmiri Kashmiri was likely to have been killed three days ago.
News On AIR | June 6, 2011 12:04 PM
US missile strike kills 14 in South Waziristan