Drone strike kills 18 TTP militants in Paktiya, Afghanistan

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Drone strike kills 18 TTP militants
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Published: February 3, 2016
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PESHAWAR:
A drone strike in Afghanistan’s border Paktiya province killed at least 18 fighters of the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan on Monday.

Afghan officials confirmed the Pakistani Taliban were killed in the latest strike by an unmanned aircraft in the Pak-Afghan border areas.

Pakistan’s first indigenous armed drone kills 3 militants in Shawal: ISPR

Nabiullah Peerkhel, the Paktika governor’s spokesman, told Mashaal Radio the militants were heading to the border region in Afghanistan when the drones rained down missiles on them in Gomal district.

While the exact identity of the militants killed could not be determined, reports from Wana, South Waziristan suggested that 14 men were from the Mehsud tribe and four from the Ahmadzai Wazir tribe.

Officials, requesting not to be named, confirmed the report, saying a number of bodies have been shifted and buried in villages scattered near the border areas. The compound of TTP militants headed by Said Khan Sajna is located just across the border in the Beermal area connecting Waziristan with Paktiya province.

Published in The Express Tribune, February 3rd, 2016.

 

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Drone strike kills 18 TTP militants
By Our Correspondents
Published: February 3, 2016
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PHOTO: AFP/FILE

PESHAWAR:
A drone strike in Afghanistan’s border Paktiya province killed at least 18 fighters of the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan on Monday.

Afghan officials confirmed the Pakistani Taliban were killed in the latest strike by an unmanned aircraft in the Pak-Afghan border areas.

Pakistan’s first indigenous armed drone kills 3 militants in Shawal: ISPR

Nabiullah Peerkhel, the Paktika governor’s spokesman, told Mashaal Radio the militants were heading to the border region in Afghanistan when the drones rained down missiles on them in Gomal district.

While the exact identity of the militants killed could not be determined, reports from Wana, South Waziristan suggested that 14 men were from the Mehsud tribe and four from the Ahmadzai Wazir tribe.

Officials, requesting not to be named, confirmed the report, saying a number of bodies have been shifted and buried in villages scattered near the border areas. The compound of TTP militants headed by Said Khan Sajna is located just across the border in the Beermal area connecting Waziristan with Paktiya province.

Published in The Express Tribune, February 3rd, 2016.

Well I am more interested in the news if leaders were also eliminated. Eliminating low level guys hardly does any damage to TTP. Eliminating leaders is crucial

 

[IceCold]

Whos drone was it? US most likely yeah?

 

[EagleEyes]

Whos drone was it? US most likely yeah?

Most likely, Pakistan has not shown the guts to strike in Afghanistan yet. I doubt this will be the case in the near future.

 

[MilSpec]

Congrats! The name Hellfire almost has divine justice tone to it in this context.

 

[IceCold]

Most likely, Pakistan has not shown the guts to strike in Afghanistan yet. I doubt this will be the case in the near future.

Agreed. The spineless leadership we have, this is not going to happen in foresee future.