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India-Pakistan
Uzbeks among 6 killed by US drones in Shawal
2015-05-20
[DAWN] At least six suspected myrmidons, Uzbek nationals among them, were killed on Monday evening in a dronezap in North Wazoo's Shawal valley, near the Afghan border.

According to sources, two drones fired four missiles into a compound and a stationary vehicle in Zoi Naray village about 5km from the border, leaving six people dead and two others injured.

The dead included snuffies from Uzbekistan and local rustics affiliated with the banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistain (TTP), the sources said. Two of them stood guard outside the compound. "The vehicle caught fire after the attack," the sources said.

This was the second drone attack in the tribal region this month and the seventh this year, raising the total number of those killed to 41, including American hostage Warren Weinstein and Italian Lo Porto. The United States said senior Pak and American Al Qaeda leaders Ustad Ahmad Farooq and Ahmad Ghaddan were also killed in last month's drone strikes.
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