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India-Pakistan
Four killed in US drone strike near Pak-Afghan border
2015-01-30
[DAWN] At least four hard boyz were killed in a US drone strike on Thursday in the Nazyan district near the Pak-Afghan border.

Intelligence sources say that the drone fired three missiles on hard boy positions, killing at least four.

A number of others have also reportedly been injured in the strike.

The identity of the hard boyz is yet to be ascertained, but the area is reported to be mostly inhabited by Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistain (TTP) hard boyz let by Mullah Fazllullah and also some imported muscle.

According to security officials, hard boyz based in the Nazyan district had planned the devastating attack on the Army Public School in Beautiful Downtown Peshawar
...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire.
, which left over 140 children and teachers dead and scores injured.

Strikes against hard boyz have increased on both sides of the border since the attack.

Pak security forces have also been carrying out ground offensives in Khyber Agency, particularly the Tirah Valley of Bara which borders Nazyan.
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