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Missiles kill 18 in tribal area in north-west Pakistan

Other News Materials 16 March 2008 17:32 (UTC +04:00)

Missiles fired from an unknown location killed 18 people in a house in the tribal Waziristan region in north-west Pakistan Sunday, according to local news reports. ( dpa )

There was no official confirmation of the attack, but DAWN TV reported three missiles hit the house of tribesman Noorullah in Shahnawaz village and locals said foreigners were staying at the house at the time of the strike.

Other television news channels said the foreigners were suspected al-Qaeda fighters.

Pakistani military sources were not immediately available for comment.

Shahnawaz is in South Waziristan, part of the tribal areas that are safe-havens for al-Qaeda militants and Taliban fighters who continue to launch cross-border attacks on international forces in Afghanistan.

Pakistan's tribal areas have experienced similar attacks since Taliban and al-Qaeda militants fled into the area after US-led forces toppled the Taliban regime in Afghanistan in late 2001.

Locals in the tribal district have complained in the past that the US-led coalition forces attack the Pakistani side of the mountainous region at least once every two or three weeks.

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