'Twenty killed in suspected US missile strike'
AFP | HT Correspondent, Peshawar
Feb 14, 2009 12:14 PM IST
At least 20 suspected Islamic militants were killed in a suspected US missile strike on a Taliban hideout in a Pakistani tribal region on Saturday, a senior security official said.
At least 20 suspected Islamic militants were killed in a suspected US missile strike on a Taliban hideout in a Pakistani tribal region on Saturday, a senior security official told AFP.
"The death toll is 20. We have yet to confirm the identities and nationalities of those killed," the official said, raising the toll from five.
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