Peshawar, May 11: American drones carried out one of their deadliest strikes in Pakistan’s troubled northwest firing 18 missiles to hit multiple Taliban targets, including terrorist training camps, hideouts and vehicles killing 15 militants.
Simultaneously Pakistani forces using helicopter gunships blasted Taliban sanctuaries in Orakzai tribal region killing eight militants and wounding five others, security officials said.
Five unmanned Predators fired a barrage of Hellfire missiles which struck a terrorist training camp, moving vehicles in Lawara Mandi area of North Waziristan Agency, considered to be a stronghold of Haqqani fighters, Taliban and al-Qaeda.
In the attack that lasted over 20 minutes, 15 militants were killed and the death toll could rise further as militants were still searching the rubble in the compound, an official said.
–Agencies