The effects of an attack carried out by the Taliban in the Waziristan region (French - Archive)
Officials announced that the Pakistani security forces said four suspected militants were killed Thursday in a raid by U.S. drone aircraft in the tribal areas in northwestern Pakistan.
The raid targeted the town of Dundee Darboukal seven kilometers to the north of Miranshah, the largest city in Waziristan on the border with Afghanistan, a stronghold of the Haqqani network, which starts from the areas in Pakistan to attack U.S. forces in Afghanistan.
A security official who preferred not to be named, told the French press that "the U.S. plane fired two missiles, killing four gunmen in a raid." The Pakistani intelligence source in the raid, as well as the death toll of four.
It is noteworthy that the U.S. military and Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) are the only two forces in Afghanistan, which were using drones in the region.
The Minister of Defense Leon Panetta has admitted that he is waging "war" in Pakistan, contradicting the official position who does not acknowledge the fact that the Central Intelligence Agency operations in this country.
The U.S. administration has always been keen on the non-recognition of strikes launched by pilotless drone aircraft belonging to the Intelligence Agency, tribal areas of Pakistan, for legal reasons and to maintain relations with Islamabad.
Since the beginning of the year, launched (CIA) of at least sixty strike by drones tribal areas, according to the census conducted by the research center based in Washington.
Source: Agencies