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Pakistan drone strike kills up to six
Attack targets Islamic seminary that Haqqani militant leader is thought to have visited in recent days
First drone strike in KPK province
A suspected US drone killed up to six people when it fired on an Islamic seminary in Pakistan's north-western region of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa early on Thursday, authorities have said.Attack targets Islamic seminary that Haqqani militant leader is thought to have visited in recent days
First drone strike in KPK province
Fareed Khan, a police officer, said the unmanned aircraft fired at least three rockets at the madrassa in the Hangu district, killing two teachers and three students just before sunrise on Thursday. Other reports said six people died.
An intelligence source told the Reuters news agency that Sirajuddin Haqqani, the leader of Taliban-linked Haqqani network, had been spotted at the seminary two days earlier.
It is one of the first drone attacks to occur outside Pakistan's remote tribal region and could increase tension between Islamabad and Washington. Most drone strikes occur in North Waziristan, a stronghold of the Taliban.
The attack took place a day after Pakistan's foreign policy chief, Sartaj Aziz, was quoted as saying Washington had promised not to conduct drone strikes while the government tries to engage the Taliban in peace talks. The US has not commented on Aziz's remarks.
The previous drone strike in Pakistan, on 1 November, killed the Pakistani Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud in the militant stronghold of Miranshah in north-west Pakistan.
The identities of those killed on Thursday were not immediately clear.A police officer said the bodies of those killed were burned beyond recognition.
SOURCE:
The Guardian
Pakistan drone strike kills up to six | World news | theguardian.com
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