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Drone strike kills 8 in Pakistan

Last updated Saturday, May 5, 2012 - 7:29am

PESHAWAR, Pakistan -- An American drone fired a volley of missiles into a house close to the Afghan border on Saturday, killing eight suspected militants and indicating U.S. resolve to continue with the attacks despite renewed Pakistani opposition, officials said.

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People look at damage caused by a powerful bomb explosion in Quetta, Pakistan, on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012. A bomb exploded late Tuesday night in a market injuring two people, police said. (AP Photo/Arshad Butt)

US kills al-Qaida-linked militant in Pakistan

Ishtiaq Mahsud, Rasool Dawar The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, February 9, 2012 - 11:24am

DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan -- A U.S. drone fired two missiles at a house in Pakistan's northwest tribal region Thursday, killing five suspected militants, intelligence officials said. The Taliban identified one of them as a prominent commander who has served as a key link to al-Qaida.

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US missile kills 4 in NW Pakistan

Rasool Dawar The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, October 14, 2011 - 8:10am

PESHAWAR, Pakistan -- Drone-fired U.S. missiles killed four people in a northwestern Pakistani region controlled by the Haqqani militant network on Friday, a day after a similar attack there killed a top commander of the group, Pakistani officials said.

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(MOHAMMED RIAZ/The Associated Press) In this Aug. 22, 1998 file photo, Jalaluddin Haqqani, founder of the militant group the Haqqani network, speaks during an interview in Miram Shah, Pakistan. The U.S. fired scores of missiles into its Pakistani safe haven over the last two years and made stopping its operations a top priority. Yet the Haqqani militant network has thrived and is now considered the No. 1 threat to American troops in Afghanistan.

US missiles kill Haqqani ‘coordinator’ in Pakistan

Rasool Dawar The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, October 13, 2011 - 4:31pm

PESHAWAR, Pakistan — American drone-fired missiles killed a ranking member of the militant Haqqani network on Thursday in northwestern Pakistan, striking a group that Washington claims is the top threat in Afghanistan and is supported by Pakistani security forces, local intelligence officials said.

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US missiles kill over 30 militants in NW Pakistan

Rasool Dawar, The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, March 17, 2011 - 11:55am

MIR ALI, Pakistan -- U.S. unmanned aircraft fired four missiles into a building where suspected militants were meeting Thursday, killing more than 30 of them in an unusually deadly strike close to the Afghan border, Pakistani intelligence officials said.

The strikes took place in the Datta Khel area of the North Waziristan tribal region -- the main sanctuary for al-Qaida and Taliban fighters along the Afghan border, said the officials, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the media.

The roughly three dozen suspected militants at the meeting were allied with Hafiz Gul Bahadur, a powerful Pakistani Taliban commander in the area who has focused his efforts on fighting foreign troops in Afghanistan, said the officials. The insurgents were discussing plans to send new groups of fighters across the border, the intelligence officials added.

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Pakistani officials: US missiles kill 4 in vehicle

Rasool Dawar, The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, November 19, 2010 - 10:28am

MIR ALI, Pakistan -- Suspected U.S. missiles destroyed a moving vehicle near Pakistan's border with Afghanistan on Friday, killing four alleged militants inside it, Pakistani intelligence officials said.

The attack by unmanned drones is the second in a week to hit North Waziristan as the U.S. intensifies its search-and-destroy missions in the strongholds of Taliban and al-Qaida-linked fighters who plot attacks on NATO troops across the border in Afghanistan.

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US missile strikes kill 13 militants in Pakistan

Rasool Dawar, The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, November 3, 2010 - 11:38am

PESHAWAR, Pakistan -- American drones launched three missile strikes against suspected militant targets in northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, killing 13 people, Pakistani intelligence officials said.

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Suspected US missile strikes kill 7 in Pakistan

Rasool Dawar, The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, October 27, 2010 - 9:06am

PESHAWAR, Pakistan -- Suspected U.S. drones fired missiles at a house and a vehicle in a militant-infested area of northwestern Pakistan near the Afghan border Wednesday, killing seven people, intelligence officials said.

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