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3 die in SW drone attack
PESHAWAR – At least three suspected persons were killed and five others sustained injuries in a US drone strike in South Waziristan Agency on Friday. Sources said the US unmanned aircraft fired two missiles on a vehicle at Baghar Cheena in tehsil Barmal, South Waziristan Agency. Resultantly, three suspected persons were killed and five others…
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Haqqani group was once CIA’s ‘blue-eyed boy’: Hina Khar
NEW YORK: Pakistan Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar says the Haqqani group that the US holds responsible for last week’s attack against the American embassy inKabul was CIA’s “blue-eyed boy” for many years. Responding to questions during an interview with Al Jazeera television, Khar, who is in New York leading Pakistan’s delegation to the UN General Assembly, rejected US accusations against the Pakistani…
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Drone strike kills 5 in N Waziristan
NORTH WAZIRISTAN: A US drone strike killed five people when it fired missiles on to a house in Mir Ali, North Waziristan on Friday evening. According to reports, a drone fired missiles at the house of a tribal leader, Jamal Wazir in Mir Ali Khushali area of North Waziristan. The strike killed five people, while…
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US drone crashes at Sangar in Makeen, SWA
WANA: A U.S predator drone Sunday crashed at Sangar in Makeen of South Waziristan Agency (SWA). Conflicting reasons are being given for the drone crash. Some said that it crashed and destroyed due to some technical fault, while the Taliban claimed to have shot it down. The authorities reaching the scene of incident have taken…