At least a dozen militants including foreign fighters were killed Wednesday in a suspected US missile strike on two houses in north-western Pakistan, a senior security official said.
Two missiles apparently fired by a US drone aircraft demolished a house and a compound used by suspected al Qaeda militants in Bajaur tribal region near the border with Afghanistan, the official, who declined to be identified, told AFP.
"We have reports that the missile strike killed at least 12 militants including some foreigners," the official said. The houses targeted belonged to Maulvi Taj Mohammad and Maulvi Hassan, the security official said, though it was unclear if they had been killed in the strikes.
"Both were al Qaeda facilitators," he said, adding there was an ammunition dump in one of the houses. Separately, chief military spokesman Major General Athar Abbas told AFP that the army was unaware of any missile strike in the region. "We have no information about the strike," he said, adding the army was not in the area. Missile attacks have claimed the lives of several militants in volatile tribal belt.
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