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India-Pakistan
US drone strike kills five 'militants' in North Waziristan
2015-08-07
[DAWN] A US drone attack on a myrmidon compound in North Wazoo on Thursday killed at least five myrmidons, security officials said.

Military sources said the drone strike took place in Lawra Mandi village of Datta Khel in the North Waziristan tribal district bordering Afghanistan, where the military is battling Talibs.

The drone fired two missiles targeting a house, killing at least five suspected myrmidons, sources said.

"At least five holy warriors were killed in the drone attack," security bigshot told AFP.

Another security official 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.
confirmed the attack and the casualties.

The area is generally off-limits to journalists, making it difficult to independently verify the number and identity of the dead.

North Waziristan is among Pakistain's seven tribal districts near the Afghan border which are rife with forces of Evil and have been strongholds of Taliban and Al Qaeda operatives, among others.

Military in June last year launched an all-out operation named 'Zarb-e-Azb
..the Pak offensive against Qaeda in Pakistain and the Pak Taliban in North Wazoo. The name refers to the sword of the Prophet (PTUI!)...
' against Talibs in the region, following which parts of the tribal agency was declared cleared of myrmidons.

The army has intensified its offensive since the Taliban's massacre of 153 people, mostly children, in a school in the northwestern city of Peshawar in December.
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