Militants on Thursday vowed to avenge the missile attack, carried out by the United States in the trribal region, killing people. Maulvi Omar, spokesman for the Taliban, said a house, belonging to a tribesman, was hit on Wednesday by a guided missile fired from a US drone.
It left seven people dead, including three children and six others wounded, he said in phone calls to reporters from an undisclosed location. Omar said there were no Taliban leaders in the targeted area. The attack came as Taliban in the tribal region are negotiating a deal with the new government.
"The missile attack was an attempt to sabotage the talks," Omar said. "Americans do not want peace in the region." He added "talks would continue despite the missile attack", but warned the Taliban would avenge the killings. "We have taken revenge for our martyrs in the past and we will take revenge now also," he said.
A security official previously said two missiles, apparently fired from a drone, hit a house used by suspected al Qaeda linked militants. "We have reports that the missile strike killed at least 12 militants, including some foreigners," the official, who declined to be identified, told AFP late on Wednesday.
The missile struck in Damadola, a town in the Bajaur district, bordering Afghanistan, the official said. Military officials, however, said they were unaware of any missile strike. "We have no information about the strike," chief military spokesman Major General Athar Abbas told AFP. He said the army was not in the area. Pakistan this week moved troops away from villages and towns in the region as the peace process advanced, officials said on Wednesday.
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