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A Pakistani police officer and local residents examine a parked car damaged in a suicide bombing in the Badhber area on the outskirts of Peshawar, Pakistan, Sunday, March 11, 2012. A suicide bomber attacked a funeral attended by an anti-Taliban politician in northwest Pakistan, killing scores of people and wounding dozens others, police said. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)

Suspected U.S. drone strike kills 6 in Pakistan

Last updated Tuesday, March 13, 2012 - 9:55am

DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan -- American drone-fired missiles hit a vehicle traveling on the Pakistan side of the Afghan border on Tuesday, killing six militants from a group known to have signed a nonaggression pact with the Pakistani army, intelligence officials and a local tribesman 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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FILE - In this Dec. 29, 2010, file photo, Pakistani villagers carry the shrouded casket of a person reportedly killed by a US drone attack in Pakistani tribal area of Mir Ali along the Afghanistan border, during his funeral in Bannu, Pakistan. The American ambassador to Islamabad phoned Washington with an urgent plea: Stop an imminent CIA drone strike against militants on the Pakistani side of the Afghan border. (AP Photo/Ijaz Muhammad, file)

Suspected US missile strike kills 4 in Pakistan

Ishtiaq Mahsud The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, August 2, 2011 - 11:27am

DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan -- Pakistani intelligence officials say a suspected U.S. missile strike has killed four alleged militants near the Afghan border.

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US missile attacks kill 6 near Afghan border

The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, April 13, 2011 - 9:10am

DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan -- Two U.S. missile strikes killed six alleged Afghan Taliban fighters in a Pakistani tribal region Wednesday, intelligence officials said, just days after Pakistani authorities asked for greater limits on such attacks.

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Pakistani officials: US missiles kill 6

The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, February 24, 2011 - 10:50am

PESHAWAR, Pakistan -- Suspected U.S. missiles hit a house and car in a village in northwest Pakistan close to the Afghan border Thursday, killing at least six people, Pakistani intelligence officials said.

The strikes occurred within minutes of each other in the North Waziristan region, the officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity because they are not allowed to brief the media.

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US missiles kill 8 in northwest Pakistan

The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, December 31, 2010 - 9:57am

PESHAWAR, Pakistan -- A U.S. missile strike killed eight alleged militants in northwest Pakistan on Friday on the final day of a year that has seen a major escalation in drone attacks targeting insurgents flowing into neighboring Afghanistan, 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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