US Drone Strikes Kill 15 in Khyber (First Drone Strike in Khyber)

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Source: Pak Tribune

LANDIKOTAL: In the first US drone strike in Khyber Agency, at least 15 people, including 13 suspected militants and two civilians, were killed as the American spy planes attacked targets in the Ragha area in Tirah Valley in Landikotal Tehsil, tribal sources said on Saturday.

However, local administration officials denied the drone attacks and said the insurgents were killed in strikes by Pakistani fighter planes. The sources, though, maintained that the drones carried out the strikes as the US extended its attacks in Pakistan’s tribal areas.

They said the first drone attack was carried out at 8:25pm and was followed by three other strikes in which 15 people, including 13 militants belonging to the Swat chapter of the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), and two civilians were killed and five others sustained injuries.

The attacks were carried out in the Ragha area of Bazaar Zakhakhel in Khyber Agency’s Landikotal Tehsil. “Hundreds of Swati militants have shifted to the Tirah Valley after the military operation in Swat a year ago,” said a government official on the condition of anonymity.

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[Warren Stupidity]

1. Don't worry none. Only 166,111,487 Pakistanis to be pissed off at us

enough to want to kill us in revenge for our killing them.

[Karmadillo]

2. Go team! Two dead civilians means better cooperation by surviving civilians.

Order and control is the way to win hearts and minds. When do we start relocating these people to strategic hamlets where they can experience the fruits of globalization?