10 killed in US drone strike in Pakistan
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At least 10 people were killed and two others injured when a U.S. drone launched two missile strikes in North Waziristan region of Pakistan's northwest tribal belt on Wednesday morning, local media reported.
According to the report by local TV channel ARY, the attack was launched early in the morning when a U.S. drone fired two missiles at a militants' hideout in Spalga village of North Waziristan, a militancy-hit tribal area at Pak-Afghan borderlands.
The report said that the death toll may further rise as the injured are in critical condition.
Wednesday morning's drone strike came just one day after Defense Minister of Pakistan Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar said that the issue of U.S. drone attacks is unresolved and Pakistan would continue raising the issue to the United States.
Washington believes that the Northwestern tribal belt of Pakistan is a militant-insurgent area and these militants are a continuous source of headache to NATO forces operating in Afghanistan.
Wiping out suspected militants from Northwestern Pakistan is also vital to win the long war against terrorism carried out by both Washington and Islamabad.
Anger against the U.S. drone strikes in the Waziristan tribal areas runs high in Pakistan because the attacks have killed hundreds of innocent people including women and kids since 2004.
This is the fifth strike of its kind in northwestern tribal area of Pakistan since the beginning of 2012. To date, 36 people have been killed and several others injured in 13 missile strikes launched by U.S. drones.
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