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MIRAMSHAH: At least six suspected militants were killed in a US drone strike early Wednesday in the Miramshah tehsil of North Waziristan tribal region where a comprehensive military operation launched by the Pakistani army against foreign and local terrorists is also under way.
Intelligence sources said six missiles fired by a drone hit a compound and a vehicle in Dargah Mandi village in Miramshah.
The identities of those killed in the strikes have not yet been ascertained, sources said.
Wednesday's is the third drone attack in a month, the earlier two successive US drone strikes killing at least 16 suspected militants in North Waziristan.
The army launched its long-awaited major operation 'Zarb-i-Azb' in the tribal region a week after an attack on the airport in Karachi, deploying troops, tanks and jets to the area in the crackdown on the Taliban and other militants.
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A total of at least 187 suspected militants and eight soldiers have been reported killed since Saturday night when the operation was launched.
During the operation, the army has reportedly so far resorted only to air strikes, sending F-16 and Mirage fighter jets to pound suspected militant hideouts up in the mountains.
The ground offensive is expected to start in the next week when land forces will try to comb through North Waziristan's valleys and take over villages and buildings.
Air raids have continued daily since Sunday killing scores of militants, according to Pakistani military sources.
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Finish these monsters off no matter were they hide.
Double dhamaka
Thanks US and Pak Army , please don't double cross each other this time :)
God bless America & Pakistan
PAF + Drones = A very peeved Imran Khan
Way to go US, what a great target. Please wipe the terrorists out.
Thanks USA!!!
Haha. Funny how the drone is looking so good now. I guess it always was the reason why it was employed all along, but was looked with skepticism because of PPP's double dealings. Behind doors, they supported it, and in public they denounced it.
Thanks you, USA. Drones are safer and cause less colatoral damage than fighter aircraft.
Two words each for Pak Army &USA, Thanks & Well done
Drones are the best way to eliminate enemy without causing civilian casualty because of the precision of the target as compare to aerial bombardment.This technology should be given to Pakistan and also the drones with Surveillance and Target Attack Radar System [Joint STARS),can provide rapid surveillance of large rugged mountainous areas.
Hahahaha.......Live in your dreams....So na
US please finish bad and good Talibans indiscriminately. Don't spare anyone.
Drone attacks has a serious side effect on the ongoing war against terrorists, not being indigenes Drone attacks by US arouse lot of sympathy, it is better the US give access to drone operation through Pakistan Air Force, this will help suppress the feelings of foreign attack
Thanks United States but these are too few of them.
@Hassan thats 4 words
How easy to manipulate Pakistani's perception in no time. Six months back everybody in Pakistan were against USA / Drones and talking about sovereignty now they welcome Drones and praise USA. Pakistani Politician including media knew that how to fool the awam hence they always get away with their dirty work.
That is a real shame. We have displaced thousands of people from their homes just because our foreign aid has been associated with operation in North Waziristan. God! we are so naive.
@Ahmer Less collateral damage ???? What about innocent people dying due to wrong sim's location information transmitted to the drones hit list ?
Why drones are still operational since the leader of new world order halted the use of drones in Pakistan. Aren't we sovereign ?
Our forces are very much capable of handling any situation concerning the safety of our sovereignty and ideology !
Of course their identities were not released. Guarantee you that they were not actual militants. What do you think the ratio of Militants killed to innocents killed. And to think that most people in the comments are praising the US for doing this and saying kill every last one of them. You idiots are sheep. if you see on the news that a giant pink bunny is trampling across the US you'd think it were real. You don't even know the identities of these "militants" and yet because you read it on the news you think they were actually militants. Seeing as how the us has killed tens of thousands more innocent civilians with drone strikes instead of militants no wonder they won't release their identities, they are getting tired of the backlash.