US Drone Strike Kills 27 in Pakistan

MIRANSHAH: The death toll in the second drone strike in South Waziristan has climbed to 21, bringing the total number of people killed in two attacks today to 27, Geo News reported Monday.

According to a correspondent of Geo News, a US drone fired two missiles on a house in Mandoi area of Sourth Waziristan, killing all the 21 people present inside and injuring several others.

Earlier today, a drone attacked a vehicle with two missiles in Sarakhawra area near Shawwal, South Waziristan in which six people were killed.

Drone attack ‘unjustified’ and ‘intolerable’: Kayani

ISLAMABAD: Chief of Army Staff, General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, strongly condemned the predator strike which killed more than three dozen people in North Waziristan on Thursday. The army chief called the attack “unjustified and intolerable” and said it was a violation of human rights. “A jirga of peaceful citizens, including elders, of the area has been targeted carelessly with a complete disregard to human life,” Kayani was quoted as having said. He said that “such an act of violence takes us away from our objective of elimination of terrorism”. It was imperative to understand that this critical objective could not be sacrificed for temporary tactical gains, Kayani said, adding that security of the people of Pakistan, in any case, stood above all. The army chief offered condolences to the bereaved families.

Nato raid ‘kills Pakistan troops’

Three Pakistani soldiers have been killed in an attack by Nato helicopters during a cross-border attack, Pakistani officials say.

An unnamed Pakistani security official told the AFP news agency that the soldiers were killed in an “unprovoked attack” on a Pakistani checkpoint.

The Nato helicopters crossed up to 5km (three miles) into Pakistan, he said.

The strike was the third Nato raid across the border into Pakistan over the past week.