U.S. drone strike kills 10 in northwest Pakistan
U.S. drone strike kills 10 in northwest Pakistan
21 May: Pakistan's six month blockade of NATO supplies bound for Afghanistan has contributed to rising tensions with the U.S. and cast a shadow over the Chicago Summit. Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright discusses.
The second U.S. drone attack in as many days killed 10 people in northwest Pakistan on Sunday, intelligence officials said, an incident likely to raise tensions in the standoff between Washington and Islamabad over NATO supply routes to Afghanistan.The remotely-piloted aircraft fired four missiles at a suspected Islamist militant hideout in the Birmal area of the South Waziristan tribal region near the Afghanistan border, officials said.
Tribal sources told NBC News that two senior Taliban commanders, named as Malang and Yarullah, were among those killed in the attack.
A drone strike in the same area killed two suspected militants, including one of Malang’s brothers, on Saturday.
