Waheed Mahmood
MIRANSHAH: US missiles killed 21 militants in North Waziristan tribal belt where the United Nations announced Monday it was suspending food handouts in one district after a suicide attack. The missiles destroyed a vehicle and compound in North Waziristan.
Local security officials said unmanned US aircraft fired at least six missiles at the targets in Mir Ali village, 25-kilometre east of Miranshah. “At least 15 militants were killed in a US missile strike, which targeted a vehicle and a compound,” a senior security official told. “Four missiles hit the vehicle and two struck the compound,” he added. Security officials had initially put the death toll at six. -Agencies
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