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Pakistan: US Missile Strike Kills 2 in Northwest

29 November 2008

Pakistani army soldier stands guard at road in Mingora, main town in troubled area of Swat valley, 29 Nov 2008
Pakistani army soldier stands guard at road in Mingora, main town in troubled area of Swat valley, 29 Nov 2008
A suspected U.S. missile strike has killed two people in Pakistan's North Waziristan tribal region.

Pakistani intelligence officials say the strike Saturday hit a house near the region's main town of Miran Shah.

The Pakistani government has strongly condemned the suspected U.S. strikes in the country, saying they undermine Pakistan's counter-terrorism efforts. 

Pakistan's defense minister, Ahmed Mukhtar, says officials will meet in early December to discuss the strikes, which allegedly are carried out by unmanned (drone) U.S. aircraft.

 

 


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