US drone kills four suspected militants in Wana

AP Published September 28, 2014

DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Intelligence officials in Pakistan say a US drone strike has killed four suspected militants in a northwestern tribal region along the Afghan border.

The two officials and three local Taliban fighters say the strike Sunday killed two Arab militants and two of their local allies in a compound in the town of Wana in South Waziristan.

All the officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorised to talk to journalists. Authorities don't allow journalists into Pakistan's tribal areas, which have long been a safe haven for militants.

Pakistan's army largely cleared militants from South Waziristan in a 2009 operation. Soldiers now are fighting militants in North Waziristan in an operation that began in June.

Also read: Drone strike in North Waziristan kills at least eight

US drone strikes are widely unpopular among many in Pakistan.

Earlier on September 24, at least eight people were killed and several others had been injured in a US drone strike in the Dattakhel tehsil of North Waziristan Agency.

Intelligence sources said that the US drone had fired four missiles and completely destroyed a compound and a vehicle in the Alwara Mandi area of Dattakhel, about 60 kilometres from the main town of Miramshah.

There were varying reports as to the exact number of people killed in the drone strike.

Ganga Din

Sep 28, 2014 04:36pm

Our Army and drones will eliminate them all soon and we will have peaceful Pakistan.

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Alfa Romeo

Sep 28, 2014 04:46pm

Drone's should be declared the official bird of Pakistan. All high profile militants are always taken out by drones and not one high profile militant has been taken out by Army.

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M.M.Sherazi

Sep 28, 2014 04:56pm

This is not acceptable anymore, whilst Pakistan Army has been going through the rigorous operation in eliminating the terrorism, it is not justifiable at all, we condemn and deplore it.

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Jijaji

Sep 28, 2014 06:52pm

Imran Khan just announced a dharna to block NATO supplies until these drones are stopped.

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Imran Khan

Sep 28, 2014 07:00pm

Myself & Qadri decided to do a drone dharna up above the Pakistani skies - so that we both would protect our brothers in defending these innocent lives. We do have right of freely defending ourselves as a constitutional right. Sorry women and children - we cannot pay for you to sit there. You have to buy a ticket each in our own drones -funded by Nawaz government and Pakistani citizen taxes.

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Rafiq

Sep 28, 2014 07:31pm

Can Pakistan think of similar adventure in American territory?

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Sep 28, 2014 07:33pm

So foreign countries can still bomb in areas inside Pakistan territory and nothing can be done. But glad that some one is doing the dirty work of cleansing the area of radicals. Good going USA

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Abdul

Sep 28, 2014 09:10pm

Our great leader Imran Khan is too busy with his dharnas to protest this dastardly drone attack or the flood victims.

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allaisa

Sep 28, 2014 09:19pm

Wherest thou sovereignty?

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Dr. Malik

Sep 28, 2014 09:57pm

@M.M.Sherazi -> this is TOTALLY ACCEPTABLE until these cowards/criminals/terrorists stop blowing up schools, abusing women, killing innocent women and children these drones MUST fly and remind them they are being sought after and will be ELIMINATED at all costs!!

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Sep 29, 2014 12:48am

@Dr. Malik USA will bomb the haqqani group now on

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Dawood Khan

Sep 29, 2014 02:08am

KapTaan... What say you about drone attacks on our soverign territory?? Or do you need America support so much now you wont say anything?

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Joe FL

Sep 29, 2014 05:23am

@allaisa (Quoting you): "Wherest thou sovereignty?" Funny you ask that question when the terrorist is dead, but didn't ask it when he was alive and killing your neighbors.

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