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Drone Strikes Kill 11 in NW Pakistan

   VOA News 08 September 2010

   Pakistani  officials  say two suspected U.S. drone strikes have killed
   at  least  11  people  in  Pakistan's  tribal  region along the Afghan
   border.
   The  first  strike  took place Wednesday in the village of Dande Darpa
   Khel in North Waziristan tribal district, a stronghold for Taliban and
   al-Qaida-linked militants. Â
   Intelligence  officials  say the strike targeted a compound of a local
   militant  believed  to be associated with the Haqqani network, killing
   at least seven suspected militants.
   In  the  second attack, a drone targeted a vehicle in Datta Khel town,
   40  kilometers  west  of  the region's main town of Miranshah, killing
   four militants.
   The  United  States  has  stepped  up  its  missile  attacks  in North
   Waziristan  in  an  effort  to  root  out  insurgents  responsible for
   planning and staging attacks against NATO troops in Afghanistan.
   The  strikes  come  less  than a day after a car bomb ripped through a
   police complex in northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, killing at
   least 20 people and wounding more than 50 others.
   No  one  claimed  responsibility  for the attack. However, a Pakistani
   Taliban  spokesman  told  reporters  Tuesday  the  militant group will
   target  security  forces  because the Pakistani government is allowing
   the U.S. to carry out drone attacks.

   Some information for this report was provided by AFP, AP and Reuters.

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