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2 drone strikes kill 8 suspected militants in NW Pakistan

Other News Materials 17 December 2010 10:44 (UTC +04:00)

Two United States drone strikes killed at least eight suspected militants including an important commander on Friday morning in Khyber tribal agency of northwest Pakistan, local TV channels reported.
  
According to the private channel ARY, in the first strike the suspected drone fired two missiles on militant's safe haven in the area of Tirah valley of Khyber Agency killing at least five people and injuring seven others, Xinhua reported.
  
In the second strike at the same area, three suspected militants were killed. Khyber agency is one of the seven districts of Pakistan's volatile tribal region bordering Afghanistan.

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