US missiles claim 16 in attack in Pakistan
China Daily | Updated: 2008-09-09 07:52
Missiles fired by US drones killed 16 people yesterday, including Pakistani and Afghan Taliban fighters, in a strike targeting a religious school founded by an old friend of Osama bin Laden, intelligence officials and Pakistani villagers said.
"There were two drones and they fired three missiles," said a resident of Dandi Darpakheil, a village in the North Waziristan tribal region near the Afghan border.
A military official said a house and madrasa founded by Taliban commander Jalaluddin Haqqani were the targets.
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