United States air strikes on three villages in North Waziristan killed at least 20 people on Wednesday and Friday.All of them puppies, kittens, baby ducks, of course...
Intelligence officials said a pilotless drone aircraft launched an attack on the village of Mohammad Khel, 30 kilometres west of Miranshah, North Waziristan's main urban centre, at around 9:30pm on Friday. One intelligence official said at least 12 people had been killed in the attack, including some foreigners, although Taliban sources in the area later told Reuters eight were killed and seven were wounded.
Pakistani intelligence officials reported another US airstrike earlier on Friday, this time on the North Waziristan village of Datta Khel, situated closer to the border with Afghanistan, in which at least three were killed.
There was no immediate confirmation from either the Pakistani military or from the US-led coalition fighting in Afghanistan. Pakistan Army spokesman Major General Athar Abbas said officers were investigating the reported strikes, but could not confirm them.
The attacks come on the back of an earlier strike that occurred on Wednesday, eight kilometers south of the town of Mir Ali, in which at least five people were reported to have died. It has been reported that a US pilotless drone fired two missiles at a house in the area.