US terror drone kills 6 in NW Pakistan
Press TV
The Tuesday attack took place in Miranshah Bazaar, part of the town of Miranshah, the main town of North Waziristan.
“At least six militants were killed when a US drone fired two missiles on a rebel compound in the bazaar,” said a security official, speaking on condition of anonymity, quoted in an AFP report.
The identities of those killed could not be immediately verified, the official added.
Over 60 US assassination drone attacks have been reported in Pakistan so far in 2011.
The US has deployed its assassination drones to launch airstrikes inside Pakistan’s tribal belt.
Relations between Islamabad and Washington have soured over the unauthorized attacks. Pakistan insists that the airstrikes by the remotely controlled, unmanned aircraft violate its sovereignty.
Washington claims its drone strikes target militants, although casualty figures indicate that the aerial bombings have led to the loss of hundreds of Pakistani civilians.
Rights activists have condemned the US assassination drone strikes as extra-judicial assassinations against civilians.