QUETTA, Nov 25: At least six tribesmen of the former Asmat militia were killed and some others were injured in US bombing in Adha area some 25km northeast of Chaman inside Afghanistan, on Sunday.

Sources said that these members of the Asmat militia were present in the area to attack Taliban position along-with armed men of former Kandahar Governor Gul Agha and Hamid Khan Karzai during which they came under the bombing of US warplanes in the early hours.

“US warplanes dropped a bomb in the area resulting in killing of six tribesmen of Asmat militia,” border security official confirmed to Dawn adding that all the six victims were Pakistanis.

The bodies of these six persons were brought to Chaman. Four of them were buried in Chaman and two bodies were sent to Jungle Pir Alizai.