An overnight US missile strike killed two foreign militant suspects and eight Pakistanis near the Afghan border, two intelligence officials said Saturday. The attack late Friday targeted the house of a local resident in Boya village near Miran Shah, the main town in North Waziristan.
US drones often hit suspected hide-outs of militants in troubled tribal region, which Washington considers a center for the remnants of Taliban, al Qaida and Pakistani insurgents. The intelligence officials said a Filipino suspect was believed to be among the slain men. They said their agents were still trying to get details about the second foreigner killed in the attack.
The officials who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorised to speak to the media. Five women and two children were also wounded in the attack, the officials said. Pakistan publicly opposes the US drone strikes as a violation of its sovereignty, though it is suspected to assist in intelligence for targeting. The Pakistani government has asked Washington to instead provide it with the drone technology.
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