Suspected US strike kills seven in Pakistan: officials

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Hasbanullah Khan Hasbanullah Khan – news.yahoo.com


MIRANSHAH, Pakistan (AFP) – A suspected US missile strike killed up to seven alleged Al-Qaeda militants on Wednesday in an extremist stronghold of northwest Pakistan on the Afghan border, security officials said.

At least one vehicle was targeted in the strike in the Makeen area of the semi-autonomous tribal district of South Waziristan, where suspected Afghan and Pakistani Taliban militants are also holed up, local officials said.

Initial reports said no high-value targets were believed to have died. "A vehicle carrying six foreign militants was targeted in a single missile attack in Makeen area on the border between North and South Waziristan," a senior security official told AFP on condition of anonymity.

Pakistani officials use the word "foreigner" in reference to suspected Al-Qaeda fighters, but the precise identities of the dead was not confirmed.

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