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Pakistan denounces North Waziristan drone attack |
2013-09-07 |
[Dawn] Pakistain's Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Friday condemned the latest US drone strike inside Pak territory in which at least six snuffies were killed and three others injured. The latest drone attack took place early Friday in northwestern Pakistain's North ![]() Hours after the strike, the Foreign Office issued a statement saying drone strikes were a violation of Pakistain's illusory sovereignty and territorial integrity, adding that Pakistain had repeatedly emphasised the importance of bringing these to an immediate end. The government "has consistently maintained that drone strikes are counter-productive, entail loss of innocent civilian lives and have human rights When they're defined by the state or an NGO they don't mean much... and humanitarian implications", the statement said. At least six suspected snuffies were killed and three others maimed in a US drone strike on a compound in Ghulam Khan Tehsil of North Waziristan near the Pak-Afghan border. |
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