Drone kills five in South Waziristan

MIRANSHAH: A US drone fired two missiles into a Taliban training camp on Wednesday, destroying the compound and killing at least five militants, local officials said.

The attack took place in the Baber Ghar area of South Waziristan tribal district on the Afghan border, a supposed stronghold of Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud. “The target was a base of Taliban. Five militants have been killed and two injured,” a local security official told AFP.

Another official in Wana, the main town in South Waziristan, confirmed the attack and told AFP that the drone targeted a base of Tehreek-e-Taliban. The locals on a self-help basis dug out the bodies and seven injured from the debris and shifted them to hospital. However, the rescue activities were started with a delay, as drones continued to hover over the area, creating panic among the dwellers.




Pakistan repeatedly denounces US drone strikes, criticising them as a violation of sovereignty that inflame anti-Americanism despite leaked US diplomatic cables that showed leaders allegedly agreed to them in private. UN special rapporteur on counterterrorism and human rights envoy Ben Emmerson, who visited Islamabad last month as part of an investigation into civilian casualties caused by drone strikes, said the US drone attacks violated Pakistan’s sovereignty. According to Britain’s Bureau of Investigative Journalism, CIA drone attacks in Pakistan have killed up to 3,587 people since 2004, up to 884 of them civilians.

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